#DFCF51#DFCF51

#DFCF51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.145 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCF51
RGB	rgb(223, 207, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -9.13, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 63.18, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0303 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.145 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2316, 60.9099, 16.6831)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCF51 #5161DF

analogous

#DF8851 #DFCF51 #A8DF51

triadic

#DFCF51 #51DFCF #CF51DF

tetradic

#DFCF51 #51DF88 #5161DF #DF51A8

square

#DFCF51 #51DF88 #5161DF #DF51A8

split-complementary

#DFCF51 #51A8DF #8851DF

monochromatic

#998B1C #CDBA26 #DFCF51 #E9DD85 #F2ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DFCF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DFCF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCF51

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCF51	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 207, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.145 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdd87',
    500: '#dfcf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcf51;
$custom-light: #ecdd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84455,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCF51

secondary

#37429D

accent

#50EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCF51

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

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