#DFCD57#DFCD57

#DFCD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCD57
RGB	rgb(223, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -7.73, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 59.95, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0257 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9852, 60.0410, 17.7604)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCD57 #5769DF

analogous

#DF8957 #DFCD57 #ADDF57

triadic

#DFCD57 #57DFCD #CD57DF

tetradic

#DFCD57 #57DF89 #5769DF #DF57AD

square

#DFCD57 #57DF89 #5769DF #DF57AD

split-complementary

#DFCD57 #57ADDF #8957DF

monochromatic

#9E8D1E #D1BB28 #DFCD57 #E9DC8A #F3ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DFCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DFCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCD57

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCD57	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc8b',
    500: '#dfcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcd57;
$custom-light: #ecdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84098,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCD57

secondary

#3947A1

accent

#2ED016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCD57

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

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