#DFCD59#DFCD59

#DFCD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCD59
RGB	rgb(223, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -7.60, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 59.08, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0251 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.0680, 60.0741, 18.1967)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCD59 #596BDF

analogous

#DF8A59 #DFCD59 #AEDF59

triadic

#DFCD59 #59DFCD #CD59DF

tetradic

#DFCD59 #59DF8A #596BDF #DF59AE

square

#DFCD59 #59DF8A #596BDF #DF59AE

split-complementary

#DFCD59 #59AEDF #8A59DF

monochromatic

#9F8E1F #D2BB29 #DFCD59 #E9DC8C #F3ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DFCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DFCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCD59

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCD59	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)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc8c',
    500: '#dfcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcd59;
$custom-light: #ecdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84118,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCD59

secondary

#3A48A2

accent

#2FD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCD59

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

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