#DFCD5B#DFCD5B

#DFCD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCD5B
RGB	rgb(223, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 59.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -7.46, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 58.21, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0244 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1531, 60.1081, 18.6450)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCD5B #5B6DDF

analogous

#DF8B5B #DFCD5B #AFDF5B

triadic

#DFCD5B #5BDFCD #CD5BDF

tetradic

#DFCD5B #5BDF8B #5B6DDF #DF5BAF

square

#DFCD5B #5BDF8B #5B6DDF #DF5BAF

split-complementary

#DFCD5B #5BAFDF #8B5BDF

monochromatic

#A08F1F #D4BC29 #DFCD5B #E9DD8E #F3ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DFCD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#DFCD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCD5B

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCD5B	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc8d',
    500: '#dfcd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcd5b;
$custom-light: #ecdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84139,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCD5B

secondary

#3B49A3

accent

#2FCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCD5B

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

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