#DFCA40#DFCA40

#DFCA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.153 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCA40
RGB	rgb(223, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -7.51, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 68.16, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0275 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.153 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4798, 58.3016, 13.3385)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCA40 #4055DF

analogous

#DF7B40 #DFCA40 #A5DF40

triadic

#DFCA40 #40DFCA #CA40DF

tetradic

#DFCA40 #40DF7B #4055DF #DF40A5

square

#DFCA40 #40DF7B #4055DF #DF40A5

split-complementary

#DFCA40 #40A5DF #7B40DF

monochromatic

#8D7D18 #C1AC20 #DFCA40 #E8D974 #F1E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DFCA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DFCA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCA40

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCA40	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.153 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd97d',
    500: '#dfca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfca40;
$custom-light: #edd97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83285,
    "c": 0.15266,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCA40

secondary

#313E92

accent

#52EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCA40

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

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