#DFC54D#DFC54D

#DFC54D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC54D
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 65.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -4.26, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 61.55, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0169 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7396, 56.1588, 15.1342)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC54D #4D67DF

analogous

#DF7C4D #DFC54D #B0DF4D

triadic

#DFC54D #4DDFC5 #C54DDF

tetradic

#DFC54D #4DDF7C #4D67DF #DF4DB0

square

#DFC54D #4DDF7C #4D67DF #DF4DB0

split-complementary

#DFC54D #4DB0DF #7C4DDF

monochromatic

#97811B #CAAD24 #DFC54D #E8D681 #F2E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DFC54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DFC54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC54D

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC54D	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd684',
    500: '#dfc54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc54d;
$custom-light: #ecd684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82362,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC54D

secondary

#35479B

accent

#5BEC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC54D

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

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