#DFCE59#DFCE59

#DFCE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCE59
RGB	rgb(223, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -8.11, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 59.43, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0265 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3080, 60.5540, 18.2767)
Luminance	0.6055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCE59 #596ADF

analogous

#DF8B59 #DFCE59 #ADDF59

triadic

#DFCE59 #59DFCE #CE59DF

tetradic

#DFCE59 #59DF8B #596ADF #DF59AD

square

#DFCE59 #59DF8B #596ADF #DF59AD

split-complementary

#DFCE59 #59ADDF #8B59DF

monochromatic

#9F8F1F #D2BD29 #DFCE59 #E9DD8C #F3ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DFCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#DFCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCE59

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCE59	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc8c',
    500: '#dfce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfce59;
$custom-light: #ecdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84324,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCE59

secondary

#3A47A2

accent

#2DD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCE59

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

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