#DFCA59#DFCA59

#DFCA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCA59
RGB	rgb(223, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -6.07, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 58.05, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0207 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3573, 58.6526, 17.9598)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCA59 #596EDF

analogous

#DF8759 #DFCA59 #B1DF59

triadic

#DFCA59 #59DFCA #CA59DF

tetradic

#DFCA59 #59DF87 #596EDF #DF59B1

square

#DFCA59 #59DF87 #596EDF #DF59B1

split-complementary

#DFCA59 #59B1DF #8759DF

monochromatic

#9F8B1F #D2B829 #DFCA59 #E9DA8C #F3EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DFCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCA59

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCA59	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd98c',
    500: '#dfca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfca59;
$custom-light: #ecd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83501,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCA59

secondary

#3A4AA2

accent

#33D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCA59

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

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