#DFB842#DFB842

#DFB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.139 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB842
RGB	rgb(223, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, 1.89, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 62.43, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0005 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.139 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5580, 50.3653, 12.3171)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB842 #4269DF

analogous

#DF6A42 #DFB842 #B7DF42

triadic

#DFB842 #42DFB8 #B842DF

tetradic

#DFB842 #42DF6A #4269DF #DF42B7

square

#DFB842 #42DF6A #4269DF #DF42B7

split-complementary

#DFB842 #42B7DF #6A42DF

monochromatic

#8E7118 #C39B21 #DFB842 #E8CC76 #F1DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DFB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#DFB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB842

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB842	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)

#CCB632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.139 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edcd7d',
    500: '#dfb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb842;
$custom-light: #edcd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.096,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7964,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB842

secondary

#324A94

accent

#67EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB842

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

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