#DFBC42#DFBC42

#DFBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.142 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBC42
RGB	rgb(223, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -0.20, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 63.42, 90.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0065 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.142 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4006, 52.0506, 12.5980)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBC42 #4265DF

analogous

#DF6E42 #DFBC42 #B4DF42

triadic

#DFBC42 #42DFBC #BC42DF

tetradic

#DFBC42 #42DF6E #4265DF #DF42B4

square

#DFBC42 #42DF6E #4265DF #DF42B4

split-complementary

#DFBC42 #42B4DF #6E42DF

monochromatic

#8E7418 #C39F21 #DFBC42 #E8CF76 #F1E1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DFBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#DFBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBC42

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBC42	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.142 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edcf7d',
    500: '#dfbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbc42;
$custom-light: #edcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.624,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80443,
    "c": 0.14152,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBC42

secondary

#324794

accent

#62EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBC42

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

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