#DFC74A#DFC74A

#DFC74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.144 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC74A
RGB	rgb(223, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 66.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -5.46, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 63.40, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0206 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.144 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0932, 57.0317, 14.7415)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC74A #4A62DF

analogous

#DF7D4A #DFC74A #ACDF4A

triadic

#DFC74A #4ADFC7 #C74ADF

tetradic

#DFC74A #4ADF7D #4A62DF #DF4AAC

square

#DFC74A #4ADF7D #4A62DF #DF4AAC

split-complementary

#DFC74A #4AACDF #7D4ADF

monochromatic

#94811A #C8AE23 #DFC74A #E8D77E #F1E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DFC74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DFC74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC74A

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC74A	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.144 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd783',
    500: '#dfc74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc74a;
$custom-light: #edd783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82745,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC74A

secondary

#344599

accent

#58ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC74A

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

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