#DFCA55#DFCA55

#DFCA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCA55
RGB	rgb(223, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -6.34, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 59.79, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0219 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1938, 58.5872, 17.0991)
Luminance	0.5858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCA55 #556ADF

analogous

#DF8555 #DFCA55 #AFDF55

triadic

#DFCA55 #55DFCA #CA55DF

tetradic

#DFCA55 #55DF85 #556ADF #DF55AF

square

#DFCA55 #55DF85 #556ADF #DF55AF

split-complementary

#DFCA55 #55AFDF #8555DF

monochromatic

#9C891D #D0B627 #DFCA55 #E9DA89 #F2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFCA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DFCA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCA55

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCA55	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd989',
    500: '#dfca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfca55;
$custom-light: #ecd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83461,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCA55

secondary

#3848A0

accent

#32D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCA55

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

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