#DFC962#DFC962

#DFC962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.126 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC962
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 56.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -4.91, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 53.67, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0163 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.126 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5247, 58.3454, 19.9953)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC962 #6278DF

analogous

#DF8A62 #DFC962 #B6DF62

triadic

#DFC962 #62DFC9 #C962DF

tetradic

#DFC962 #62DF8A #6278DF #DF62B6

square

#DFC962 #62DF8A #6278DF #DF62B6

split-complementary

#DFC962 #62B6DF #8A62DF

monochromatic

#A58E22 #D5B82F #DFC962 #E9DA95 #F4ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DFC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DFC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC962

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC962	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.126 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd992',
    500: '#dfc962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc962;
$custom-light: #ecd992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83395,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC962

secondary

#3E50A8

accent

#38CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC962

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

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