#DFC462#DFC462

#DFC462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.122 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC462
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 56.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -2.33, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 52.00, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0089 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.122 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3780, 56.0521, 19.6131)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC462 #627DDF

analogous

#DF8562 #DFC462 #BBDF62

triadic

#DFC462 #62DFC4 #C462DF

tetradic

#DFC462 #62DF85 #627DDF #DF62BB

square

#DFC462 #62DF85 #627DDF #DF62BB

split-complementary

#DFC462 #62BBDF #8562DF

monochromatic

#A58922 #D5B12F #DFC462 #E9D795 #F4EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DFC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DFC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC462

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC462	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)

#D5C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.122 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd591',
    500: '#dfc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc462;
$custom-light: #ecd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82377,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC462

secondary

#3E54A8

accent

#3FCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC462

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

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