#DFC851#DFC851

#DFC851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC851
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -5.56, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 60.83, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0201 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5732, 57.5930, 16.1303)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC851 #5168DF

analogous

#DF8151 #DFC851 #AFDF51

triadic

#DFC851 #51DFC8 #C851DF

tetradic

#DFC851 #51DF81 #5168DF #DF51AF

square

#DFC851 #51DF81 #5168DF #DF51AF

split-complementary

#DFC851 #51AFDF #8151DF

monochromatic

#99851C #CDB226 #DFC851 #E9D885 #F2E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DFC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DFC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC851

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC851	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd887',
    500: '#dfc851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc851;
$custom-light: #ecd887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83012,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC851

secondary

#37479D

accent

#58EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC851

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

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