#DFC456#DFC456

#DFC456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.132 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC456
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -3.19, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 57.41, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0127 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.132 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8533, 55.8422, 16.8496)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC456 #5671DF

analogous

#DF7F56 #DFC456 #B5DF56

triadic

#DFC456 #56DFC4 #C456DF

tetradic

#DFC456 #56DF7F #5671DF #DF56B5

square

#DFC456 #56DF7F #5671DF #DF56B5

split-complementary

#DFC456 #56B5DF #7F56DF

monochromatic

#9D841E #D0AF27 #DFC456 #E9D689 #F2E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DFC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DFC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC456

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC456	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.132 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd58a',
    500: '#dfc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc456;
$custom-light: #ecd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82244,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC456

secondary

#394DA0

accent

#3AD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC456

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

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