#DFC969#DFC969

#DFC969 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.119 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC969
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 52.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -4.35, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 50.42, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0139 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.119 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8698, 58.4834, 21.8127)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC969 #697FDF

analogous

#DF8E69 #DFC969 #BADF69

triadic

#DFC969 #69DFC9 #C969DF

tetradic

#DFC969 #69DF8E #697FDF #DF69BA

square

#DFC969 #69DF8E #697FDF #DF69BA

split-complementary

#DFC969 #69BADF #8E69DF

monochromatic

#A99124 #D4B737 #DFC969 #EADB9B #F5EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFC969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DFC969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC969

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC969	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.119 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd996',
    500: '#dfc969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc969;
$custom-light: #ebd996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 64.835,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8348,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC969

secondary

#4154AC

accent

#3ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC969

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

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