#DFBF38#DFBF38

#DFBF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.149 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBF38
RGB	rgb(223, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -2.21, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 67.88, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0133 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.149 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7787, 53.2379, 11.3946)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBF38 #3858DF

analogous

#DF6C38 #DFBF38 #ACDF38

triadic

#DFBF38 #38DFBF #BF38DF

tetradic

#DFBF38 #38DF6C #3858DF #DF38AC

square

#DFBF38 #38DF6C #3858DF #DF38AC

split-complementary

#DFBF38 #38ACDF #6C38DF

monochromatic

#877116 #BC9D1E #DFBF38 #E7D06D #F0E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DFBF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#DFBF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBF38

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBF38	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.149 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd178',
    500: '#dfbf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbf38;
$custom-light: #edd178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.503,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80979,
    "c": 0.14947,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBF38

secondary

#2E408D

accent

#5CEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBF38

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

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