#DFD972#DFD972

#DFD972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.126 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD972
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 48.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -11.71, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 52.34, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0341 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.126 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2830, 66.5302, 25.6878)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD972 #7278DF

analogous

#DFA272 #DFD972 #AEDF72

triadic

#DFD972 #72DFD9 #D972DF

tetradic

#DFD972 #72DFA2 #7278DF #DF72AE

square

#DFD972 #72DFA2 #7278DF #DF72AE

split-complementary

#DFD972 #72AEDF #A272DF

monochromatic

#AFA728 #D4CC40 #DFD972 #EAE6A4 #F6F4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DFD972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#DFD972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD972

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD972	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.126 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe49d',
    500: '#dfd972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd972;
$custom-light: #ebe49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.697,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86892,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD972

secondary

#454AB1

accent

#24CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD972

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

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