#DFCA51#DFCA51

#DFCA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCA51
RGB	rgb(223, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -6.59, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 61.48, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0231 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0394, 58.5255, 16.2857)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCA51 #5166DF

analogous

#DF8351 #DFCA51 #ADDF51

triadic

#DFCA51 #51DFCA #CA51DF

tetradic

#DFCA51 #51DF83 #5166DF #DF51AD

square

#DFCA51 #51DF83 #5166DF #DF51AD

split-complementary

#DFCA51 #51ADDF #8351DF

monochromatic

#99871C #CDB426 #DFCA51 #E9DA85 #F2E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DFCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCA51

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCA51	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd987',
    500: '#dfca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfca51;
$custom-light: #ecd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83423,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCA51

secondary

#37469D

accent

#56EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCA51

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

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