#DFB940#DFB940

#DFB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.141 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB940
RGB	rgb(223, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, 1.27, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 63.45, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0025 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.141 91)
XYZ	xyz(48.7085, 50.7590, 12.0814)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB940 #4066DF

analogous

#DF6A40 #DFB940 #B6DF40

triadic

#DFB940 #40DFB9 #B940DF

tetradic

#DFB940 #40DF6A #4066DF #DF40B6

square

#DFB940 #40DF6A #4066DF #DF40B6

split-complementary

#DFB940 #40B6DF #6A40DF

monochromatic

#8D7118 #C19B20 #DFB940 #E8CC74 #F1DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DFB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#DFB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB940

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB940	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.141 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edcd7c',
    500: '#dfb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb940;
$custom-light: #edcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.66,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79825,
    "c": 0.14104,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.50756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB940

secondary

#314892

accent

#65EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB940

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

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