#DFB840#DFB840

#DFB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.140 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB840
RGB	rgb(223, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, 1.80, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 63.21, 88.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.001 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.14 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5000, 50.3421, 12.0119)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB840 #4067DF

analogous

#DF6940 #DFB840 #B7DF40

triadic

#DFB840 #40DFB8 #B840DF

tetradic

#DFB840 #40DF69 #4067DF #DF40B7

square

#DFB840 #40DF69 #4067DF #DF40B7

split-complementary

#DFB840 #40B7DF #6940DF

monochromatic

#8D7018 #C19A20 #DFB840 #E8CB74 #F1DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DFB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#DFB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB840

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB840	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.140 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edcc7c',
    500: '#dfb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb840;
$custom-light: #edcc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79624,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB840

secondary

#314992

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB840

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

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