#DFBA42#DFBA42

#DFBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.140 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBA42
RGB	rgb(223, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, 0.85, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 62.92, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0035 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.14 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9763, 51.2020, 12.4565)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBA42 #4267DF

analogous

#DF6C42 #DFBA42 #B6DF42

triadic

#DFBA42 #42DFBA #BA42DF

tetradic

#DFBA42 #42DF6C #4267DF #DF42B6

square

#DFBA42 #42DF6C #4267DF #DF42B6

split-complementary

#DFBA42 #42B6DF #6C42DF

monochromatic

#8E7318 #C39D21 #DFBA42 #E8CD76 #F1E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DFBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#DFBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBA42

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBA42	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.140 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edce7d',
    500: '#dfba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfba42;
$custom-light: #edce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80041,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBA42

secondary

#324994

accent

#64EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBA42

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

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