#DFC759#DFC759

#DFC759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.132 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC759
RGB	rgb(223, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -4.53, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 57.05, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0163 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.132 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6602, 57.2585, 17.7274)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC759 #5971DF

analogous

#DF8459 #DFC759 #B4DF59

triadic

#DFC759 #59DFC7 #C759DF

tetradic

#DFC759 #59DF84 #5971DF #DF59B4

square

#DFC759 #59DF84 #5971DF #DF59B4

split-complementary

#DFC759 #59B4DF #8459DF

monochromatic

#9F881F #D2B429 #DFC759 #E9D88C #F3EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DFC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DFC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC759

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC759	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.132 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd78c',
    500: '#dfc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc759;
$custom-light: #ecd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82887,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC759

secondary

#3A4DA2

accent

#37D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC759

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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