#DFCB51#DFCB51

#DFCB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCB51
RGB	rgb(223, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -7.10, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 61.81, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0245 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(53.2748, 58.9962, 16.3642)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCB51 #5165DF

analogous

#DF8451 #DFCB51 #ACDF51

triadic

#DFCB51 #51DFCB #CB51DF

tetradic

#DFCB51 #51DF84 #5165DF #DF51AC

square

#DFCB51 #51DF84 #5165DF #DF51AC

split-complementary

#DFCB51 #51ACDF #8451DF

monochromatic

#99881C #CDB626 #DFCB51 #E9DA85 #F2EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DFCB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DFCB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCB51

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCB51	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecda87',
    500: '#dfcb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcb51;
$custom-light: #ecda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83629,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.58994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCB51

secondary

#37459D

accent

#55EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCB51

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

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