#DFC44C#DFC44C

#DFC44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC44C
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 65.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -3.81, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 61.66, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0157 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.14 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4783, 55.6922, 14.8742)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC44C #4C67DF

analogous

#DF7A4C #DFC44C #B0DF4C

triadic

#DFC44C #4CDFC4 #C44CDF

tetradic

#DFC44C #4CDF7A #4C67DF #DF4CB0

square

#DFC44C #4CDF7A #4C67DF #DF4CB0

split-complementary

#DFC44C #4CB0DF #7A4CDF

monochromatic

#967F1B #CAAB24 #DFC44C #E8D580 #F2E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DFC44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DFC44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC44C

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC44C	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd584',
    500: '#dfc44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc44c;
$custom-light: #edd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82149,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC44C

secondary

#35489A

accent

#5CEC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC44C

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

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