#DFC828#DFC828

#DFC828 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.163 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC828
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 82.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -7.39, 74.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 75.13, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0293 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.163 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4714, 57.1523, 10.3274)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC828 #283FDF

analogous

#DF6D28 #DFC828 #9BDF28

triadic

#DFC828 #28DFC8 #C828DF

tetradic

#DFC828 #28DF6D #283FDF #DF289B

square

#DFC828 #28DF6D #283FDF #DF289B

split-complementary

#DFC828 #289BDF #6D28DF

monochromatic

#7A6D12 #B09D1A #DFC828 #E7D65D #EFE393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DFC828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DFC828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC828

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC828	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.163 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed872',
    500: '#dfc828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc828;
$custom-light: #eed872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.459,
    "s": 74.089,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82738,
    "c": 0.16332,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC828

secondary

#293482

accent

#4EF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC828

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

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