#DFC965#DFC965

#DFC965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.123 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC965
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 54.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -4.67, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 52.28, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0153 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.123 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6690, 58.4031, 20.7553)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC965 #657BDF

analogous

#DF8C65 #DFC965 #B8DF65

triadic

#DFC965 #65DFC9 #C965DF

tetradic

#DFC965 #65DF8C #657BDF #DF65B8

square

#DFC965 #65DF8C #657BDF #DF65B8

split-complementary

#DFC965 #65B8DF #8C65DF

monochromatic

#A78F23 #D4B732 #DFC965 #EADB98 #F4EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DFC965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#DFC965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC965

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC965	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.123 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd994',
    500: '#dfc965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc965;
$custom-light: #ebd994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83431,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC965

secondary

#3F52A9

accent

#39CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC965

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

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