#DFC449#DFC449

#DFC449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.142 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC449
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 67.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -3.97, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 62.88, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0165 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.142 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3764, 55.6514, 14.3377)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC449 #4964DF

analogous

#DF7949 #DFC449 #AFDF49

triadic

#DFC449 #49DFC4 #C449DF

tetradic

#DFC449 #49DF79 #4964DF #DF49AF

square

#DFC449 #49DF79 #4964DF #DF49AF

split-complementary

#DFC449 #49AFDF #7949DF

monochromatic

#947E1A #C8AA23 #DFC449 #E8D57D #F1E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DFC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DFC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC449

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC449	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.142 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd582',
    500: '#dfc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc449;
$custom-light: #edd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82123,
    "c": 0.14212,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC449

secondary

#344698

accent

#5BED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC449

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

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