#DFBD56#DFBD56

#DFBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.127 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBD56
RGB	rgb(223, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, 0.45, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 55.34, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0023 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.127 91)
XYZ	xyz(50.3111, 52.7578, 16.3356)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBD56 #5678DF

analogous

#DF7856 #DFBD56 #BDDF56

triadic

#DFBD56 #56DFBD #BD56DF

tetradic

#DFBD56 #56DF78 #5678DF #DF56BD

square

#DFBD56 #56DF78 #5678DF #DF56BD

split-complementary

#DFBD56 #56BDDF #7856DF

monochromatic

#9D7D1E #D0A627 #DFBD56 #E9D189 #F2E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DFBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#DFBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBD56

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBD56	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.127 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd089',
    500: '#dfbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbd56;
$custom-light: #ecd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80828,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.52755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBD56

secondary

#3953A0

accent

#44D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBD56

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

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