#DFC853#DFC853

#DFC853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC853
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 62.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -5.44, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 59.98, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0196 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.6493, 57.6235, 16.5311)
Luminance	0.5762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC853 #536ADF

analogous

#DF8253 #DFC853 #B0DF53

triadic

#DFC853 #53DFC8 #C853DF

tetradic

#DFC853 #53DF82 #536ADF #DF53B0

square

#DFC853 #53DF82 #536ADF #DF53B0

split-complementary

#DFC853 #53B0DF #8253DF

monochromatic

#9B861D #CEB326 #DFC853 #E9D987 #F2E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DFC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DFC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC853

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC853	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)

#DAC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd888',
    500: '#dfc853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc853;
$custom-light: #ecd888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83031,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC853

secondary

#38499F

accent

#59EB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC853

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

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