#DFC842#DFC842

#DFC842 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.150 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC842
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -6.39, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 66.81, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0242 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.15 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0715, 57.3924, 13.4882)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC842 #4259DF

analogous

#DF7A42 #DFC842 #A8DF42

triadic

#DFC842 #42DFC8 #C842DF

tetradic

#DFC842 #42DF7A #4259DF #DF42A8

square

#DFC842 #42DF7A #4259DF #DF42A8

split-complementary

#DFC842 #42A8DF #7A42DF

monochromatic

#8E7D18 #C3AB21 #DFC842 #E8D776 #F1E6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DFC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DFC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC842

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC842	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.150 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd87e',
    500: '#dfc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc842;
$custom-light: #edd87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.21,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82887,
    "c": 0.14985,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC842

secondary

#324094

accent

#54EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC842

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

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