#DFB535#DFB535

#DFB535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.145 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB535
RGB	rgb(223, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 76.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 2.89, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 66.55, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% 0.0009 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.145 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6007, 48.9958, 10.3175)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB535 #355FDF

analogous

#DF6035 #DFB535 #B4DF35

triadic

#DFB535 #35DFB5 #B535DF

tetradic

#DFB535 #35DF60 #355FDF #DF35B4

square

#DFB535 #35DF60 #355FDF #DF35B4

split-complementary

#DFB535 #35B4DF #6035DF

monochromatic

#856915 #B9931D #DFB535 #E7C86A #F0DC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DFB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#DFB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB535

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB535	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.145 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca76',
    500: '#dfb535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb535;
$custom-light: #eeca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78948,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB535

secondary

#94A6DC

accent

#66EF38

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB535

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

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