#DFC249#DFC249

#DFC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.141 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC249
RGB	rgb(223, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 67.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -2.94, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 62.29, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0136 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.141 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9283, 54.7552, 14.1883)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC249 #4966DF

analogous

#DF7749 #DFC249 #B1DF49

triadic

#DFC249 #49DFC2 #C249DF

tetradic

#DFC249 #49DF77 #4966DF #DF49B1

square

#DFC249 #49DF77 #4966DF #DF49B1

split-complementary

#DFC249 #49B1DF #7749DF

monochromatic

#947C1A #C8A823 #DFC249 #E8D37D #F1E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DFC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DFC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC249

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC249	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.141 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd482',
    500: '#dfc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc249;
$custom-light: #edd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81716,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC249

secondary

#344798

accent

#5DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC249

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →