#DFCB57#DFCB57

#DFCB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCB57
RGB	rgb(223, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -6.72, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 59.26, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0227 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5098, 59.0903, 17.6019)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCB57 #576BDF

analogous

#DF8757 #DFCB57 #AFDF57

triadic

#DFCB57 #57DFCB #CB57DF

tetradic

#DFCB57 #57DF87 #576BDF #DF57AF

square

#DFCB57 #57DF87 #576BDF #DF57AF

split-complementary

#DFCB57 #57AFDF #8757DF

monochromatic

#9E8B1E #D1B828 #DFCB57 #E9DB8A #F3EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DFCB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#DFCB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCB57

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCB57	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecda8b',
    500: '#dfcb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcb57;
$custom-light: #ecda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83686,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCB57

secondary

#3948A1

accent

#31D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCB57

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

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