#DFC959#DFC959

#DFC959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC959
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -5.56, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 57.71, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0192 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.1234, 58.1849, 17.8818)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC959 #596FDF

analogous

#DF8659 #DFC959 #B2DF59

triadic

#DFC959 #59DFC9 #C959DF

tetradic

#DFC959 #59DF86 #596FDF #DF59B2

square

#DFC959 #59DF86 #596FDF #DF59B2

split-complementary

#DFC959 #59B2DF #8659DF

monochromatic

#9F8A1F #D2B629 #DFC959 #E9DA8C #F3EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DFC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DFC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC959

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC959	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd98c',
    500: '#dfc959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc959;
$custom-light: #ecd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83296,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC959

secondary

#3A4BA2

accent

#34D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC959

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

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