#DFCC59#DFCC59

#DFCC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCC59
RGB	rgb(223, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -7.09, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 58.73, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0236 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(53.8296, 59.5972, 18.1172)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCC59 #596CDF

analogous

#DF8959 #DFCC59 #AFDF59

triadic

#DFCC59 #59DFCC #CC59DF

tetradic

#DFCC59 #59DF89 #596CDF #DF59AF

square

#DFCC59 #59DF89 #596CDF #DF59AF

split-complementary

#DFCC59 #59AFDF #8959DF

monochromatic

#9F8D1F #D2BA29 #DFCC59 #E9DC8C #F3ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DFCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#DFCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCC59

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCC59	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdb8c',
    500: '#dfcc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcc59;
$custom-light: #ecdb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83912,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.59595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCC59

secondary

#3A49A2

accent

#30D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCC59

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

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