#DFCA53#DFCA53

#DFCA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCA53
RGB	rgb(223, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 62.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -6.46, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 60.64, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0225 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.1155, 58.5559, 16.6865)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCA53 #5368DF

analogous

#DF8453 #DFCA53 #AEDF53

triadic

#DFCA53 #53DFCA #CA53DF

tetradic

#DFCA53 #53DF84 #5368DF #DF53AE

square

#DFCA53 #53DF84 #5368DF #DF53AE

split-complementary

#DFCA53 #53AEDF #8453DF

monochromatic

#9B881D #CEB526 #DFCA53 #E9DA87 #F2EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFCA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DFCA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCA53

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCA53	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd988',
    500: '#dfca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfca53;
$custom-light: #ecd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83442,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCA53

secondary

#38479F

accent

#57EB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCA53

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

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