#DFC94E#DFC94E

#DFC94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC94E
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 65%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -6.26, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 62.40, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0225 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6955, 58.0137, 15.6283)
Luminance	0.5801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC94E #4E64DF

analogous

#DF814E #DFC94E #ACDF4E

triadic

#DFC94E #4EDFC9 #C94EDF

tetradic

#DFC94E #4EDF81 #4E64DF #DF4EAC

square

#DFC94E #4EDF81 #4E64DF #DF4EAC

split-complementary

#DFC94E #4EACDF #814EDF

monochromatic

#97841B #CBB225 #DFC94E #E8D982 #F2E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DFC94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DFC94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC94E

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC94E	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)

#DBC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd985',
    500: '#dfc94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc94e;
$custom-light: #ecd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8319,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC94E

secondary

#36459B

accent

#56EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC94E

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

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