#DFC94C#DFC94C

#DFC94C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC94C
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 65.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -6.37, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 63.22, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.023 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.6249, 57.9855, 15.2564)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC94C #4C62DF

analogous

#DF7F4C #DFC94C #ACDF4C

triadic

#DFC94C #4CDFC9 #C94CDF

tetradic

#DFC94C #4CDF7F #4C62DF #DF4CAC

square

#DFC94C #4CDF7F #4C62DF #DF4CAC

split-complementary

#DFC94C #4CACDF #7F4CDF

monochromatic

#96831B #CAB124 #DFC94C #E8D980 #F2E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DFC94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DFC94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC94C

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC94C	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd984',
    500: '#dfc94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc94c;
$custom-light: #ecd984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83173,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC94C

secondary

#35449A

accent

#56EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC94C

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

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