#DFC44F#DFC44F

#DFC44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.138 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC44F
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -3.63, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 60.41, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0148 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.138 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5850, 55.7349, 15.4364)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC44F #4F6ADF

analogous

#DF7C4F #DFC44F #B2DF4F

triadic

#DFC44F #4FDFC4 #C44FDF

tetradic

#DFC44F #4FDF7C #4F6ADF #DF4FB2

square

#DFC44F #4FDF7C #4F6ADF #DF4FB2

split-complementary

#DFC44F #4FB2DF #7C4FDF

monochromatic

#98811C #CCAC25 #DFC44F #E8D583 #F2E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DFC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DFC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC44F

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC44F	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.138 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd585',
    500: '#dfc44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc44f;
$custom-light: #ecd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82176,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC44F

secondary

#36499C

accent

#5DEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC44F

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

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