#DFCD55#DFCD55

#DFCD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCD55
RGB	rgb(223, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -7.86, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 60.81, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0263 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9046, 60.0087, 17.3360)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCD55 #5567DF

analogous

#DF8855 #DFCD55 #ACDF55

triadic

#DFCD55 #55DFCD #CD55DF

tetradic

#DFCD55 #55DF88 #5567DF #DF55AC

square

#DFCD55 #55DF88 #5567DF #DF55AC

split-complementary

#DFCD55 #55ACDF #8855DF

monochromatic

#9C8C1D #D0BA27 #DFCD55 #E9DC89 #F2EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DFCD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#DFCD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCD55

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCD55	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc8a',
    500: '#dfcd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcd55;
$custom-light: #ecdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84079,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCD55

secondary

#3846A0

accent

#2ED015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCD55

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

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