#DFC162#DFC162

#DFC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.120 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC162
RGB	rgb(223, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 56.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -0.77, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 51.06, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0043 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.12 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7081, 54.7123, 19.3898)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC162 #6280DF

analogous

#DF8262 #DFC162 #BEDF62

triadic

#DFC162 #62DFC1 #C162DF

tetradic

#DFC162 #62DF82 #6280DF #DF62BE

square

#DFC162 #62DF82 #6280DF #DF62BE

split-complementary

#DFC162 #62BEDF #8262DF

monochromatic

#A58522 #D5AD2F #DFC162 #E9D595 #F4E9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DFC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DFC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC162

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC162	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)

#D3BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.120 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd391',
    500: '#dfc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc162;
$custom-light: #ecd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8177,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC162

secondary

#3E57A8

accent

#43CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC162

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

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