#DFC542#DFC542

#DFC542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.148 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC542
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -4.85, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 65.91, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0198 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.148 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3835, 56.0164, 13.2589)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC542 #425CDF

analogous

#DF7742 #DFC542 #AADF42

triadic

#DFC542 #42DFC5 #C542DF

tetradic

#DFC542 #42DF77 #425CDF #DF42AA

square

#DFC542 #42DF77 #425CDF #DF42AA

split-complementary

#DFC542 #42AADF #7742DF

monochromatic

#8E7B18 #C3A821 #DFC542 #E8D576 #F1E5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DFC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DFC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC542

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC542	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.148 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd67e',
    500: '#dfc542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc542;
$custom-light: #edd67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.064,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82272,
    "c": 0.14759,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC542

secondary

#324294

accent

#58EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC542

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

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