#DFC261#DFC261

#DFC261 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.121 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC261
RGB	rgb(223, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 56.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -1.37, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 51.83, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0062 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.121 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8830, 55.1371, 19.2166)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC261 #617EDF

analogous

#DF8361 #DFC261 #BDDF61

triadic

#DFC261 #61DFC2 #C261DF

tetradic

#DFC261 #61DF83 #617EDF #DF61BD

square

#DFC261 #61DF83 #617EDF #DF61BD

split-complementary

#DFC261 #61BDDF #8361DF

monochromatic

#A48621 #D5AE2E #DFC261 #E9D694 #F4E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DFC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DFC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC261

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC261	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.121 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd491',
    500: '#dfc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc261;
$custom-light: #ecd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8196,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC261

secondary

#3D56A7

accent

#41CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC261

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

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