#DFC156#DFC156

#DFC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.130 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC156
RGB	rgb(223, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -1.63, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 56.49, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0083 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.13 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1834, 54.5024, 16.6263)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC156 #5674DF

analogous

#DF7C56 #DFC156 #B9DF56

triadic

#DFC156 #56DFC1 #C156DF

tetradic

#DFC156 #56DF7C #5674DF #DF56B9

square

#DFC156 #56DF7C #5674DF #DF56B9

split-complementary

#DFC156 #56B9DF #7C56DF

monochromatic

#9D811E #D0AB27 #DFC156 #E9D489 #F2E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DFC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DFC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC156

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC156	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.130 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd38a',
    500: '#dfc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc156;
$custom-light: #ecd38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81635,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC156

secondary

#394FA0

accent

#3ED015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC156

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

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