#DFCA57#DFCA57

#DFCA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCA57
RGB	rgb(223, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -6.20, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 58.92, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0213 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(53.2744, 58.6195, 17.5235)
Luminance	0.5862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCA57 #576CDF

analogous

#DF8657 #DFCA57 #B0DF57

triadic

#DFCA57 #57DFCA #CA57DF

tetradic

#DFCA57 #57DF86 #576CDF #DF57B0

square

#DFCA57 #57DF86 #576CDF #DF57B0

split-complementary

#DFCA57 #57B0DF #8657DF

monochromatic

#9E8A1E #D1B728 #DFCA57 #E9DA8A #F3EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DFCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCA57

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCA57	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)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd98b',
    500: '#dfca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfca57;
$custom-light: #ecd98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83481,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.58617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCA57

secondary

#3949A1

accent

#32D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCA57

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

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