#DFC957#DFC957

#DFC957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC957
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -5.69, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 58.59, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0198 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0405, 58.1517, 17.4455)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC957 #576DDF

analogous

#DF8557 #DFC957 #B1DF57

triadic

#DFC957 #57DFC9 #C957DF

tetradic

#DFC957 #57DF85 #576DDF #DF57B1

square

#DFC957 #57DF85 #576DDF #DF57B1

split-complementary

#DFC957 #57B1DF #8557DF

monochromatic

#9E891E #D1B628 #DFC957 #E9DA8A #F3EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DFC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#DFC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC957

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC957	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd98b',
    500: '#dfc957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc957;
$custom-light: #ecd98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83276,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC957

secondary

#394AA1

accent

#34D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC957

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

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