#DFC74D#DFC74D

#DFC74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.141 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC74D
RGB	rgb(223, 199, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -5.29, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 62.18, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0198 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.141 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.1967, 57.0731, 15.2866)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC74D #4D65DF

analogous

#DF7E4D #DFC74D #AEDF4D

triadic

#DFC74D #4DDFC7 #C74DDF

tetradic

#DFC74D #4DDF7E #4D65DF #DF4DAE

square

#DFC74D #4DDF7E #4D65DF #DF4DAE

split-complementary

#DFC74D #4DAEDF #7E4DDF

monochromatic

#97821B #CAAF24 #DFC74D #E8D781 #F2E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DFC74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DFC74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC74D

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC74D	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)

#DAC23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 199, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.141 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd784',
    500: '#dfc74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc74d;
$custom-light: #ecd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82771,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC74D

secondary

#35469B

accent

#59EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC74D

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

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