#DFC64E#DFC64E

#DFC64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC64E
RGB	rgb(223, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 65%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -4.72, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 61.45, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0181 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0030, 56.6287, 15.3975)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC64E #4E67DF

analogous

#DF7E4E #DFC64E #B0DF4E

triadic

#DFC64E #4EDFC6 #C64EDF

tetradic

#DFC64E #4EDF7E #4E67DF #DF4EB0

square

#DFC64E #4EDF7E #4E67DF #DF4EB0

split-complementary

#DFC64E #4EB0DF #7E4EDF

monochromatic

#97821B #CBAE25 #DFC64E #E8D782 #F2E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DFC64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DFC64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC64E

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC64E	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd785',
    500: '#dfc64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc64e;
$custom-light: #ecd785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82575,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC64E

secondary

#36479B

accent

#5AEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC64E

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

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