#DFC642#DFC642

#DFC642 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.148 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC642
RGB	rgb(223, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -5.37, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 66.21, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0213 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.148 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6113, 56.4720, 13.3349)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC642 #425BDF

analogous

#DF7842 #DFC642 #AADF42

triadic

#DFC642 #42DFC6 #C642DF

tetradic

#DFC642 #42DF78 #425BDF #DF42AA

square

#DFC642 #42DF78 #425BDF #DF42AA

split-complementary

#DFC642 #42AADF #7842DF

monochromatic

#8E7C18 #C3A921 #DFC642 #E8D676 #F1E6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DFC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DFC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC642

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC642	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.148 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd67e',
    500: '#dfc642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc642;
$custom-light: #edd67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.446,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82477,
    "c": 0.14833,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC642

secondary

#324194

accent

#57EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC642

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

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