#DFC955#DFC955

#DFC955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC955
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -5.82, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 59.45, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0204 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9600, 58.1195, 17.0211)
Luminance	0.5812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC955 #556BDF

analogous

#DF8455 #DFC955 #B0DF55

triadic

#DFC955 #55DFC9 #C955DF

tetradic

#DFC955 #55DF84 #556BDF #DF55B0

square

#DFC955 #55DF84 #556BDF #DF55B0

split-complementary

#DFC955 #55B0DF #8455DF

monochromatic

#9C881D #D0B527 #DFC955 #E9D989 #F2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DFC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#DFC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC955

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC955	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd989',
    500: '#dfc955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc955;
$custom-light: #ecd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83256,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC955

secondary

#3849A0

accent

#33D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC955

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

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