#DFC987#DFC987

#DFC987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.088 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC987
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 39.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -1.47, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 35.82, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0027 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.088 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.6925, 59.2125, 31.4125)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC987 #879DDF

analogous

#DF9D87 #DFC987 #C9DF87

triadic

#DFC987 #87DFC9 #C987DF

tetradic

#DFC987 #87DF9D #879DDF #DF87C9

square

#DFC987 #87DF9D #879DDF #DF87C9

split-complementary

#DFC987 #87C9DF #9D87DF

monochromatic

#BA9832 #D2B357 #DFC987 #ECDFB7 #F9F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DFC987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#DFC987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC987

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC987	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.088 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9aa',
    500: '#dfc987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc987;
$custom-light: #ead9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83928,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC987

secondary

#546CB7

accent

#49C520

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC987

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

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