#DFC855#DFC855

#DFC855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC855
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -5.31, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 59.12, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.019 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(52.7276, 57.6548, 16.9437)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC855 #556CDF

analogous

#DF8355 #DFC855 #B1DF55

triadic

#DFC855 #55DFC8 #C855DF

tetradic

#DFC855 #55DF83 #556CDF #DF55B1

square

#DFC855 #55DF83 #556CDF #DF55B1

split-complementary

#DFC855 #55B1DF #8355DF

monochromatic

#9C871D #D0B427 #DFC855 #E9D989 #F2E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DFC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#DFC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC855

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC855	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd889',
    500: '#dfc855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc855;
$custom-light: #ecd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83051,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.57652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC855

secondary

#384AA0

accent

#34D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC855

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

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