#DFC252#DFC252

#DFC252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.134 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC252
RGB	rgb(223, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 63.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -2.41, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 58.53, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.011 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.134 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2485, 54.8833, 15.8751)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC252 #526FDF

analogous

#DF7C52 #DFC252 #B5DF52

triadic

#DFC252 #52DFC2 #C252DF

tetradic

#DFC252 #52DF7C #526FDF #DF52B5

square

#DFC252 #52DF7C #526FDF #DF52B5

split-complementary

#DFC252 #52B5DF #7C52DF

monochromatic

#9A801D #CEAB26 #DFC252 #E9D486 #F2E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DFC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DFC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC252

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC252	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.134 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd487',
    500: '#dfc252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc252;
$custom-light: #ecd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC252

secondary

#374C9E

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC252

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

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