#DFC54E#DFC54E

#DFC54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC54E
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 65%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -4.20, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 61.14, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0166 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7752, 56.1731, 15.3216)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC54E #4E68DF

analogous

#DF7D4E #DFC54E #B1DF4E

triadic

#DFC54E #4EDFC5 #C54EDF

tetradic

#DFC54E #4EDF7D #4E68DF #DF4EB1

square

#DFC54E #4EDF7D #4E68DF #DF4EB1

split-complementary

#DFC54E #4EB1DF #7D4EDF

monochromatic

#97811B #CBAD25 #DFC54E #E8D682 #F2E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DFC54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DFC54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC54E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC54E	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)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd685',
    500: '#dfc54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc54e;
$custom-light: #ecd685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82371,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC54E

secondary

#36489B

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC54E

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

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