#DFCB59#DFCB59

#DFCB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCB59
RGB	rgb(223, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -6.58, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 58.39, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0221 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5926, 59.1234, 18.0383)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCB59 #596DDF

analogous

#DF8859 #DFCB59 #B0DF59

triadic

#DFCB59 #59DFCB #CB59DF

tetradic

#DFCB59 #59DF88 #596DDF #DF59B0

square

#DFCB59 #59DF88 #596DDF #DF59B0

split-complementary

#DFCB59 #59B0DF #8859DF

monochromatic

#9F8C1F #D2B929 #DFCB59 #E9DB8C #F3EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DFCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#DFCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCB59

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCB59	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)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecda8c',
    500: '#dfcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcb59;
$custom-light: #ecda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83707,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCB59

secondary

#3A4AA2

accent

#32D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCB59

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

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