#DFC44E#DFC44E

#DFC44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.138 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC44E
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 65%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -3.69, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 60.83, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0151 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.138 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5489, 55.7204, 15.2461)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC44E #4E69DF

analogous

#DF7C4E #DFC44E #B1DF4E

triadic

#DFC44E #4EDFC4 #C44EDF

tetradic

#DFC44E #4EDF7C #4E69DF #DF4EB1

square

#DFC44E #4EDF7C #4E69DF #DF4EB1

split-complementary

#DFC44E #4EB1DF #7C4EDF

monochromatic

#97801B #CBAC25 #DFC44E #E8D582 #F2E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DFC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DFC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC44E

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC44E	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)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.138 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd585',
    500: '#dfc44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc44e;
$custom-light: #ecd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82167,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC44E

secondary

#36499B

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC44E

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

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