#DFCD61#DFCD61

#DFCD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCD61
RGB	rgb(223, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 56.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -7.03, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 55.53, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0225 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(54.4224, 60.2158, 20.0631)
Luminance	0.6021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCD61 #6173DF

analogous

#DF8E61 #DFCD61 #B2DF61

triadic

#DFCD61 #61DFCD #CD61DF

tetradic

#DFCD61 #61DF8E #6173DF #DF61B2

square

#DFCD61 #61DF8E #6173DF #DF61B2

split-complementary

#DFCD61 #61B2DF #8E61DF

monochromatic

#A49221 #D5BD2E #DFCD61 #E9DD94 #F4EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DFCD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#DFCD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCD61

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCD61	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc91',
    500: '#dfcd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcd61;
$custom-light: #ecdc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84204,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.60214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCD61

secondary

#3D4CA7

accent

#31CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCD61

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

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