#DFC96E#DFC96E

#DFC96E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.114 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC96E
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 50.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -3.93, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 48.05, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0121 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.114 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1343, 58.5893, 23.2062)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC96E #6E84DF

analogous

#DF916E #DFC96E #BCDF6E

triadic

#DFC96E #6EDFC9 #C96EDF

tetradic

#DFC96E #6EDF91 #6E84DF #DF6EBC

square

#DFC96E #6EDF91 #6E84DF #DF6EBC

split-complementary

#DFC96E #6EBCDF #916EDF

monochromatic

#AD9226 #D4B63C #DFC96E #EADCA0 #F5EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFC96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DFC96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC96E

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC96E	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.114 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd999',
    500: '#dfc96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc96e;
$custom-light: #ebd999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 63.842,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83546,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC96E

secondary

#4358AE

accent

#3CCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC96E

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

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