#DFCD4C#DFCD4C

#DFCD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.147 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCD4C
RGB	rgb(223, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 65.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -8.41, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 64.53, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.0288 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.147 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5695, 59.8747, 15.5713)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCD4C #4C5EDF

analogous

#DF834C #DFCD4C #A7DF4C

triadic

#DFCD4C #4CDFCD #CD4CDF

tetradic

#DFCD4C #4CDF83 #4C5EDF #DF4CA7

square

#DFCD4C #4CDF83 #4C5EDF #DF4CA7

split-complementary

#DFCD4C #4CA7DF #834CDF

monochromatic

#96871B #CAB524 #DFCD4C #E8DC80 #F2EAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DFCD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#DFCD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCD4C

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCD4C	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.147 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdb84',
    500: '#dfcd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcd4c;
$custom-light: #ecdb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83997,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCD4C

secondary

#35419A

accent

#51EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCD4C

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

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