#DFCD4F#DFCD4F

#DFCD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.145 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCD4F
RGB	rgb(223, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 64.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -8.24, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 63.31, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.028 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.145 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6762, 59.9174, 16.1335)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCD4F #4F61DF

analogous

#DF854F #DFCD4F #A9DF4F

triadic

#DFCD4F #4FDFCD #CD4FDF

tetradic

#DFCD4F #4FDF85 #4F61DF #DF4FA9

square

#DFCD4F #4FDF85 #4F61DF #DF4FA9

split-complementary

#DFCD4F #4FA9DF #854FDF

monochromatic

#98881C #CCB725 #DFCD4F #E8DC83 #F2EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DFCD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DFCD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCD4F

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCD4F	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)

#DFC73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.145 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdb86',
    500: '#dfcd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcd4f;
$custom-light: #ecdb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84023,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCD4F

secondary

#36439C

accent

#52EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCD4F

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

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