#DFC96D#DFC96D

#DFC96D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.115 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC96D
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 51.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -4.01, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 48.52, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0125 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.115 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0802, 58.5676, 22.9211)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC96D #6D83DF

analogous

#DF906D #DFC96D #BCDF6D

triadic

#DFC96D #6DDFC9 #C96DDF

tetradic

#DFC96D #6DDF90 #6D83DF #DF6DBC

square

#DFC96D #6DDF90 #6D83DF #DF6DBC

split-complementary

#DFC96D #6DBCDF #906DDF

monochromatic

#AC9226 #D4B63B #DFC96D #EADC9F #F5EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFC96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DFC96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC96D

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC96D	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.115 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd999',
    500: '#dfc96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc96d;
$custom-light: #ebd999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 64.045,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83532,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC96D

secondary

#4257AE

accent

#3CCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC96D

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

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