#DFC74F#DFC74F

#DFC74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC74F
RGB	rgb(223, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 64.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -5.17, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 61.35, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0192 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2684, 57.1018, 15.6642)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC74F #4F67DF

analogous

#DF7F4F #DFC74F #AFDF4F

triadic

#DFC74F #4FDFC7 #C74FDF

tetradic

#DFC74F #4FDF7F #4F67DF #DF4FAF

square

#DFC74F #4FDF7F #4F67DF #DF4FAF

split-complementary

#DFC74F #4FAFDF #7F4FDF

monochromatic

#98831C #CCB025 #DFC74F #E8D783 #F2E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DFC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#DFC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC74F

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC74F	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd786',
    500: '#dfc74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc74f;
$custom-light: #ecd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82789,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC74F

secondary

#36479C

accent

#59EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC74F

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

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