#DFB835#DFB835

#DFB835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.147 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB835
RGB	rgb(223, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 76.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, 1.32, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 67.21, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0036 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.147 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2173, 50.2290, 10.5230)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB835 #355CDF

analogous

#DF6335 #DFB835 #B1DF35

triadic

#DFB835 #35DFB8 #B835DF

tetradic

#DFB835 #35DF63 #355CDF #DF35B1

square

#DFB835 #35DF63 #355CDF #DF35B1

split-complementary

#DFB835 #35B1DF #6335DF

monochromatic

#856B15 #B9961D #DFB835 #E7CB6A #F0DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DFB835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#DFB835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB835

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB835	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB51C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.147 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecc76',
    500: '#dfb835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb835;
$custom-light: #eecc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.235,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79548,
    "c": 0.14695,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB835

secondary

#2D438B

accent

#62EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB835

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

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