#DFC94D#DFC94D

#DFC94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.143 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC94D
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 65.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -6.32, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 62.81, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0227 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.143 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.6599, 57.9995, 15.4410)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC94D #4D63DF

analogous

#DF804D #DFC94D #ACDF4D

triadic

#DFC94D #4DDFC9 #C94DDF

tetradic

#DFC94D #4DDF80 #4D63DF #DF4DAC

square

#DFC94D #4DDF80 #4D63DF #DF4DAC

split-complementary

#DFC94D #4DACDF #804DDF

monochromatic

#97841B #CAB124 #DFC94D #E8D981 #F2E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DFC94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DFC94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC94D

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC94D	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)

#DBC43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.143 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd985',
    500: '#dfc94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc94d;
$custom-light: #ecd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83181,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC94D

secondary

#35459B

accent

#56EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC94D

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

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