#DFCC51#DFCC51

#DFCC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.143 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCC51
RGB	rgb(223, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -7.61, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 62.15, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.026 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.143 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5117, 59.4701, 16.4432)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCC51 #5164DF

analogous

#DF8551 #DFCC51 #ABDF51

triadic

#DFCC51 #51DFCC #CC51DF

tetradic

#DFCC51 #51DF85 #5164DF #DF51AB

square

#DFCC51 #51DF85 #5164DF #DF51AB

split-complementary

#DFCC51 #51ABDF #8551DF

monochromatic

#99891C #CDB726 #DFCC51 #E9DB85 #F2EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DFCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DFCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCC51

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCC51	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.143 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdb87',
    500: '#dfcc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcc51;
$custom-light: #ecdb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83835,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCC51

secondary

#37459D

accent

#54EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCC51

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

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