#DFBD2A#DFBD2A

#DFBD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.155 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBD2A
RGB	rgb(223, 189, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 81.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -1.67, 71.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 71.81, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.013 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.155 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.0497, 52.2532, 9.6924)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBD2A #2A4CDF

analogous

#DF622A #DFBD2A #A7DF2A

triadic

#DFBD2A #2ADFBD #BD2ADF

tetradic

#DFBD2A #2ADF62 #2A4CDF #DF2AA7

square

#DFBD2A #2ADF62 #2A4CDF #DF2AA7

split-complementary

#DFBD2A #2AA7DF #622ADF

monochromatic

#7C6813 #B1951B #DFBD2A #E7CD5F #EFDE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DFBD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#DFBD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBD2A

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBD2A	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2B900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbd2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 189, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.155 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed072',
    500: '#dfbd2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbd2a;
$custom-light: #eed072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbd2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.729,
    "s": 73.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80496,
    "c": 0.15511,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBD2A

secondary

#2A3B83

accent

#5AF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBD2A

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

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