#DFC461#DFC461

#DFC461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.123 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC461
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 56.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -2.41, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 52.46, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0092 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.123 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3311, 56.0333, 19.3660)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC461 #617CDF

analogous

#DF8561 #DFC461 #BBDF61

triadic

#DFC461 #61DFC4 #C461DF

tetradic

#DFC461 #61DF85 #617CDF #DF61BB

square

#DFC461 #61DF85 #617CDF #DF61BB

split-complementary

#DFC461 #61BBDF #8561DF

monochromatic

#A48821 #D5B12E #DFC461 #E9D794 #F4EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DFC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DFC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC461

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC461	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.123 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd591',
    500: '#dfc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc461;
$custom-light: #ecd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82365,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC461

secondary

#3D54A7

accent

#3ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC461

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

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