#DFCA4D#DFCA4D

#DFCA4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCA4D
RGB	rgb(223, 202, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -6.83, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 63.14, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0242 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8938, 58.4672, 15.5189)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCA4D #4D62DF

analogous

#DF814D #DFCA4D #ABDF4D

triadic

#DFCA4D #4DDFCA #CA4DDF

tetradic

#DFCA4D #4DDF81 #4D62DF #DF4DAB

square

#DFCA4D #4DDF81 #4D62DF #DF4DAB

split-complementary

#DFCA4D #4DABDF #814DDF

monochromatic

#97851B #CAB324 #DFCA4D #E8D981 #F2E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFCA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DFCA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCA4D

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCA4D	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfca4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 202, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd985',
    500: '#dfca4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfca4d;
$custom-light: #ecd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfca4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.37,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83387,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCA4D

secondary

#35449B

accent

#55EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCA4D

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

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