#DFC161#DFC161

#DFC161 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.121 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC161
RGB	rgb(223, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 56.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -0.85, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 51.53, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0047 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.121 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6612, 54.6935, 19.1427)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC161 #617FDF

analogous

#DF8261 #DFC161 #BEDF61

triadic

#DFC161 #61DFC1 #C161DF

tetradic

#DFC161 #61DF82 #617FDF #DF61BE

square

#DFC161 #61DF82 #617FDF #DF61BE

split-complementary

#DFC161 #61BEDF #8261DF

monochromatic

#A48521 #D5AD2E #DFC161 #E9D594 #F4E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DFC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DFC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC161

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC161	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.121 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd391',
    500: '#dfc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc161;
$custom-light: #ecd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81758,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC161

secondary

#3D56A7

accent

#43CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC161

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

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