#DFC862#DFC862

#DFC862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.125 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC862
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 56.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -4.39, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 53.32, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0148 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.125 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2923, 57.8807, 19.9179)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC862 #6279DF

analogous

#DF8962 #DFC862 #B7DF62

triadic

#DFC862 #62DFC8 #C862DF

tetradic

#DFC862 #62DF89 #6279DF #DF62B7

square

#DFC862 #62DF89 #6279DF #DF62B7

split-complementary

#DFC862 #62B7DF #8962DF

monochromatic

#A58D22 #D5B62F #DFC862 #E9DA95 #F4ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DFC862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DFC862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC862

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC862	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.125 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd892',
    500: '#dfc862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc862;
$custom-light: #ecd892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83191,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC862

secondary

#3E51A8

accent

#39CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC862

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

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