#DFC859#DFC859

#DFC859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC859
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -5.04, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 57.38, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0177 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8910, 57.7202, 17.8044)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC859 #5970DF

analogous

#DF8559 #DFC859 #B3DF59

triadic

#DFC859 #59DFC8 #C859DF

tetradic

#DFC859 #59DF85 #5970DF #DF59B3

square

#DFC859 #59DF85 #5970DF #DF59B3

split-complementary

#DFC859 #59B3DF #8559DF

monochromatic

#9F891F #D2B529 #DFC859 #E9D98C #F3EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DFC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DFC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC859

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC859	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	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)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd88c',
    500: '#dfc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc859;
$custom-light: #ecd88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83091,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC859

secondary

#3A4CA2

accent

#36D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC859

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

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