#DFBE56#DFBE56

#DFBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.128 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBE56
RGB	rgb(223, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -0.08, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 55.62, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0038 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.128 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5269, 53.1895, 16.4075)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBE56 #5677DF

analogous

#DF7956 #DFBE56 #BCDF56

triadic

#DFBE56 #56DFBE #BE56DF

tetradic

#DFBE56 #56DF79 #5677DF #DF56BC

square

#DFBE56 #56DF79 #5677DF #DF56BC

split-complementary

#DFBE56 #56BCDF #7956DF

monochromatic

#9D7E1E #D0A827 #DFBE56 #E9D289 #F2E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DFBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#DFBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBE56

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBE56	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.128 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd189',
    500: '#dfbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbe56;
$custom-light: #ecd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8103,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBE56

secondary

#3952A0

accent

#42D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBE56

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

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