#DFC951#DFC951

#DFC951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC951
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -6.08, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 61.15, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0216 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8055, 58.0577, 16.2078)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC951 #5167DF

analogous

#DF8251 #DFC951 #AEDF51

triadic

#DFC951 #51DFC9 #C951DF

tetradic

#DFC951 #51DF82 #5167DF #DF51AE

square

#DFC951 #51DF82 #5167DF #DF51AE

split-complementary

#DFC951 #51AEDF #8251DF

monochromatic

#99861C #CDB326 #DFC951 #E9D985 #F2E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DFC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DFC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC951

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC951	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd987',
    500: '#dfc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc951;
$custom-light: #ecd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83217,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC951

secondary

#37479D

accent

#57EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC951

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

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