#DFC742#DFC742

#DFC742 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.149 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC742
RGB	rgb(223, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -5.88, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 66.51, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0227 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.149 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8407, 56.9307, 13.4113)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC742 #425ADF

analogous

#DF7942 #DFC742 #A9DF42

triadic

#DFC742 #42DFC7 #C742DF

tetradic

#DFC742 #42DF79 #425ADF #DF42A9

square

#DFC742 #42DF79 #425ADF #DF42A9

split-complementary

#DFC742 #42A9DF #7942DF

monochromatic

#8E7C18 #C3AA21 #DFC742 #E8D776 #F1E6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DFC742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DFC742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC742

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC742	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.149 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd77e',
    500: '#dfc742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc742;
$custom-light: #edd77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.828,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82682,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC742

secondary

#324194

accent

#55EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC742

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

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