#DFC84E#DFC84E

#DFC84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.142 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC84E
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 65%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -5.74, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 62.08, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.021 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.142 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4632, 57.5490, 15.5509)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC84E #4E65DF

analogous

#DF804E #DFC84E #AEDF4E

triadic

#DFC84E #4EDFC8 #C84EDF

tetradic

#DFC84E #4EDF80 #4E65DF #DF4EAE

square

#DFC84E #4EDF80 #4E65DF #DF4EAE

split-complementary

#DFC84E #4EAEDF #804EDF

monochromatic

#97841B #CBB125 #DFC84E #E8D882 #F2E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DFC84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DFC84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC84E

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC84E	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.142 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd885',
    500: '#dfc84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc84e;
$custom-light: #ecd885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82985,
    "c": 0.14152,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC84E

secondary

#36469B

accent

#58EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC84E

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

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