#DFD462#DFD462

#DFD462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.136 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD462
RGB	rgb(223, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 56.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -10.50, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 57.68, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0323 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.136 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.1813, 63.6587, 20.8809)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD462 #626DDF

analogous

#DF9562 #DFD462 #ABDF62

triadic

#DFD462 #62DFD4 #D462DF

tetradic

#DFD462 #62DF95 #626DDF #DF62AB

square

#DFD462 #62DF95 #626DDF #DF62AB

split-complementary

#DFD462 #62ABDF #9562DF

monochromatic

#A59922 #D5C62F #DFD462 #E9E295 #F4F0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DFD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DFD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD462

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD462	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.136 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece192',
    500: '#dfd462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd462;
$custom-light: #ece192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85662,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD462

secondary

#3E47A8

accent

#28CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD462

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

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