#DFCD4E#DFCD4E

#DFCD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCD4E
RGB	rgb(223, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 65%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -8.29, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 63.72, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0283 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6401, 59.9029, 15.9432)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCD4E #4E60DF

analogous

#DF854E #DFCD4E #A9DF4E

triadic

#DFCD4E #4EDFCD #CD4EDF

tetradic

#DFCD4E #4EDF85 #4E60DF #DF4EA9

square

#DFCD4E #4EDF85 #4E60DF #DF4EA9

split-complementary

#DFCD4E #4EA9DF #854EDF

monochromatic

#97881B #CBB625 #DFCD4E #E8DC82 #F2EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DFCD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DFCD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCD4E

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCD4E	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdb86',
    500: '#dfcd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcd4e;
$custom-light: #ecdb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84014,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCD4E

secondary

#36429B

accent

#52EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCD4E

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

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