#DFBB42#DFBB42

#DFBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.141 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBB42
RGB	rgb(223, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, 0.33, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 63.17, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.005 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.141 92)
XYZ	xyz(49.1878, 51.6248, 12.5270)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBB42 #4266DF

analogous

#DF6D42 #DFBB42 #B5DF42

triadic

#DFBB42 #42DFBB #BB42DF

tetradic

#DFBB42 #42DF6D #4266DF #DF42B5

square

#DFBB42 #42DF6D #4266DF #DF42B5

split-complementary

#DFBB42 #42B5DF #6D42DF

monochromatic

#8E7318 #C39E21 #DFBB42 #E8CE76 #F1E1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DFBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#DFBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBB42

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBB42	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.141 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edcf7d',
    500: '#dfbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbb42;
$custom-light: #edcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80242,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.51622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBB42

secondary

#324894

accent

#63EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBB42

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

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