#DFC256#DFC256

#DFC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.131 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC256
RGB	rgb(223, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -2.15, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 56.79, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0098 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.131 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4052, 54.9460, 16.7003)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC256 #5673DF

analogous

#DF7D56 #DFC256 #B8DF56

triadic

#DFC256 #56DFC2 #C256DF

tetradic

#DFC256 #56DF7D #5673DF #DF56B8

square

#DFC256 #56DF7D #5673DF #DF56B8

split-complementary

#DFC256 #56B8DF #7D56DF

monochromatic

#9D821E #D0AD27 #DFC256 #E9D589 #F2E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DFC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DFC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC256

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC256	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.131 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd48a',
    500: '#dfc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc256;
$custom-light: #ecd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81838,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC256

secondary

#394FA0

accent

#3DD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC256

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

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