#DFC250#DFC250

#DFC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.136 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC250
RGB	rgb(223, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 64.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -2.54, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 59.39, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0116 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.136 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1736, 54.8533, 15.4802)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC250 #506DDF

analogous

#DF7B50 #DFC250 #B5DF50

triadic

#DFC250 #50DFC2 #C250DF

tetradic

#DFC250 #50DF7B #506DDF #DF50B5

square

#DFC250 #50DF7B #506DDF #DF50B5

split-complementary

#DFC250 #50B5DF #7B50DF

monochromatic

#997F1C #CCAB25 #DFC250 #E8D484 #F2E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DFC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DFC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC250

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC250	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.136 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd486',
    500: '#dfc250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc250;
$custom-light: #ecd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 69.082,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81779,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC250

secondary

#374B9D

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC250

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

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