#DFCB2B#DFCB2B

#DFCB2B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.164 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCB2B
RGB	rgb(223, 203, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 80.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -8.82, 74.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 75.17, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0331 0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.164 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2260, 58.5767, 10.8405)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCB2B #2B3FDF

analogous

#DF712B #DFCB2B #99DF2B

triadic

#DFCB2B #2BDFCB #CB2BDF

tetradic

#DFCB2B #2BDF71 #2B3FDF #DF2B99

square

#DFCB2B #2BDF71 #2B3FDF #DF2B99

split-complementary

#DFCB2B #2B99DF #712BDF

monochromatic

#7D7113 #B2A11B #DFCB2B #E7D860 #EFE595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFCB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DFCB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCB2B

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCB2B	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcb2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 203, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.164 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda74',
    500: '#dfcb2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcb2b;
$custom-light: #eeda74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcb2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83371,
    "c": 0.16434,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCB2B

secondary

#2A3484

accent

#4CF037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCB2B

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

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