#DFCE51#DFCE51

#DFCE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.144 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCE51
RGB	rgb(223, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -8.62, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 62.83, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0289 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.144 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9901, 60.4269, 16.6026)
Luminance	0.6042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCE51 #5162DF

analogous

#DF8751 #DFCE51 #A9DF51

triadic

#DFCE51 #51DFCE #CE51DF

tetradic

#DFCE51 #51DF87 #5162DF #DF51A9

square

#DFCE51 #51DF87 #5162DF #DF51A9

split-complementary

#DFCE51 #51A9DF #8751DF

monochromatic

#998A1C #CDB926 #DFCE51 #E9DD85 #F2EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DFCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#DFCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCE51

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCE51	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.144 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc87',
    500: '#dfce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfce51;
$custom-light: #ecdc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84248,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCE51

secondary

#37439D

accent

#51EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCE51

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

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