#DFC85E#DFC85E

#DFC85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.129 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC85E
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 57.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -4.69, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 55.15, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0161 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.129 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1082, 57.8070, 18.9479)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC85E #5E75DF

analogous

#DF875E #DFC85E #B6DF5E

triadic

#DFC85E #5EDFC8 #C85EDF

tetradic

#DFC85E #5EDF87 #5E75DF #DF5EB6

square

#DFC85E #5EDF87 #5E75DF #DF5EB6

split-complementary

#DFC85E #5EB6DF #875EDF

monochromatic

#A28B20 #D5B72B #DFC85E #E9D991 #F3EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DFC85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DFC85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC85E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC85E	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.129 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd88f',
    500: '#dfc85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc85e;
$custom-light: #ecd88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83145,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC85E

secondary

#3C4FA5

accent

#38CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC85E

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

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