#DFC54F#DFC54F

#DFC54F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.138 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC54F
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -4.14, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 60.72, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0163 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.138 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8113, 56.1875, 15.5118)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC54F #4F69DF

analogous

#DF7D4F #DFC54F #B1DF4F

triadic

#DFC54F #4FDFC5 #C54FDF

tetradic

#DFC54F #4FDF7D #4F69DF #DF4FB1

square

#DFC54F #4FDF7D #4F69DF #DF4FB1

split-complementary

#DFC54F #4FB1DF #7D4FDF

monochromatic

#98821C #CCAE25 #DFC54F #E8D683 #F2E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DFC54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DFC54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC54F

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC54F	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.138 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd686',
    500: '#dfc54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc54f;
$custom-light: #ecd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8238,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC54F

secondary

#36499C

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC54F

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

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