#DFC985#DFC985

#DFC985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.090 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC985
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 40.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -1.68, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 36.82, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0035 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.09 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5530, 59.1567, 30.6779)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC985 #859BDF

analogous

#DF9C85 #DFC985 #C8DF85

triadic

#DFC985 #85DFC9 #C985DF

tetradic

#DFC985 #85DF9C #859BDF #DF85C8

square

#DFC985 #85DF9C #859BDF #DF85C8

split-complementary

#DFC985 #85C8DF #9C85DF

monochromatic

#B99831 #D2B455 #DFC985 #ECDEB5 #F8F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DFC985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#DFC985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC985

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC985	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.090 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a9',
    500: '#dfc985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc985;
$custom-light: #ead9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83894,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC985

secondary

#526AB6

accent

#48C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC985

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

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