#DFCB42#DFCB42

#DFCB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.152 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCB42
RGB	rgb(223, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -7.92, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 67.74, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0285 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.152 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7731, 58.7956, 13.7221)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCB42 #4256DF

analogous

#DF7D42 #DFCB42 #A4DF42

triadic

#DFCB42 #42DFCB #CB42DF

tetradic

#DFCB42 #42DF7D #4256DF #DF42A4

square

#DFCB42 #42DF7D #4256DF #DF42A4

split-complementary

#DFCB42 #42A4DF #7D42DF

monochromatic

#8E7F18 #C3AE21 #DFCB42 #E8D976 #F1E8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFCB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DFCB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCB42

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCB42	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.152 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edda7f',
    500: '#dfcb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcb42;
$custom-light: #edda7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.357,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83506,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCB42

secondary

#323E94

accent

#51EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCB42

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

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