#DFB942#DFB942

#DFB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.140 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB942
RGB	rgb(223, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 1.37, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 62.67, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.002 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.14 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7664, 50.7822, 12.3866)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB942 #4268DF

analogous

#DF6B42 #DFB942 #B6DF42

triadic

#DFB942 #42DFB9 #B942DF

tetradic

#DFB942 #42DF6B #4268DF #DF42B6

square

#DFB942 #42DF6B #4268DF #DF42B6

split-complementary

#DFB942 #42B6DF #6B42DF

monochromatic

#8E7218 #C39C21 #DFB942 #E8CC76 #F1E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DFB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#DFB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB942

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB942	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.140 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edcd7d',
    500: '#dfb942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb942;
$custom-light: #edcd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7984,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB942

secondary

#324994

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB942

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

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