#DFC857#DFC857

#DFC857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC857
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -5.18, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 58.26, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0184 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.8082, 57.6870, 17.3681)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC857 #576EDF

analogous

#DF8457 #DFC857 #B2DF57

triadic

#DFC857 #57DFC8 #C857DF

tetradic

#DFC857 #57DF84 #576EDF #DF57B2

square

#DFC857 #57DF84 #576EDF #DF57B2

split-complementary

#DFC857 #57B2DF #8457DF

monochromatic

#9E881E #D1B428 #DFC857 #E9D98A #F3EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DFC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DFC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC857

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC857	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd88b',
    500: '#dfc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc857;
$custom-light: #ecd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83071,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC857

secondary

#394BA1

accent

#35D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC857

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

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