#DFC74C#DFC74C

#DFC74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC74C
RGB	rgb(223, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -5.35, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 62.59, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0201 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.1617, 57.0591, 15.1020)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC74C #4C64DF

analogous

#DF7D4C #DFC74C #ADDF4C

triadic

#DFC74C #4CDFC7 #C74CDF

tetradic

#DFC74C #4CDF7D #4C64DF #DF4CAD

square

#DFC74C #4CDF7D #4C64DF #DF4CAD

split-complementary

#DFC74C #4CADDF #7D4CDF

monochromatic

#96821B #CAAF24 #DFC74C #E8D780 #F2E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DFC74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DFC74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC74C

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC74C	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)

#DAC23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd784',
    500: '#dfc74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc74c;
$custom-light: #ecd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82762,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC74C

secondary

#35469A

accent

#58EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC74C

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

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