#DFC94F#DFC94F

#DFC94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC94F
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 64.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -6.20, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 61.99, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0222 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(52.7316, 58.0282, 15.8186)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC94F #4F65DF

analogous

#DF814F #DFC94F #ADDF4F

triadic

#DFC94F #4FDFC9 #C94FDF

tetradic

#DFC94F #4FDF81 #4F65DF #DF4FAD

square

#DFC94F #4FDF81 #4F65DF #DF4FAD

split-complementary

#DFC94F #4FADDF #814FDF

monochromatic

#98851C #CCB225 #DFC94F #E8D983 #F2E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DFC94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DFC94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC94F

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC94F	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd986',
    500: '#dfc94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc94f;
$custom-light: #ecd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83199,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.58026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC94F

secondary

#36469C

accent

#57EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC94F

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

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