#DFC450#DFC450

#DFC450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC450
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -3.57, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 59.99, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0145 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6217, 55.7496, 15.6295)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC450 #506BDF

analogous

#DF7D50 #DFC450 #B3DF50

triadic

#DFC450 #50DFC4 #C450DF

tetradic

#DFC450 #50DF7D #506BDF #DF50B3

square

#DFC450 #50DF7D #506BDF #DF50B3

split-complementary

#DFC450 #50B3DF #7D50DF

monochromatic

#99811C #CCAD25 #DFC450 #E8D584 #F2E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DFC450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DFC450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC450

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC450	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd586',
    500: '#dfc450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc450;
$custom-light: #ecd586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 69.082,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82185,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC450

secondary

#374A9D

accent

#5DEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC450

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

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