#DFCA4E#DFCA4E

#DFCA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCA4E
RGB	rgb(223, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -6.77, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 62.73, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0239 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9294, 58.4815, 15.7063)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCA4E #4E63DF

analogous

#DF824E #DFCA4E #ACDF4E

triadic

#DFCA4E #4EDFCA #CA4EDF

tetradic

#DFCA4E #4EDF82 #4E63DF #DF4EAC

square

#DFCA4E #4EDF82 #4E63DF #DF4EAC

split-complementary

#DFCA4E #4EACDF #824EDF

monochromatic

#97851B #CBB325 #DFCA4E #E8DA82 #F2E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFCA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DFCA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCA4E

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCA4E	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd985',
    500: '#dfca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfca4e;
$custom-light: #ecd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83396,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCA4E

secondary

#36459B

accent

#55EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCA4E

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

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