#DFC556#DFC556

#DFC556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.133 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC556
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -3.70, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 57.72, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0142 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.133 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0796, 56.2948, 16.9251)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC556 #5670DF

analogous

#DF8056 #DFC556 #B4DF56

triadic

#DFC556 #56DFC5 #C556DF

tetradic

#DFC556 #56DF80 #5670DF #DF56B4

square

#DFC556 #56DF80 #5670DF #DF56B4

split-complementary

#DFC556 #56B4DF #8056DF

monochromatic

#9D851E #D0B027 #DFC556 #E9D789 #F2E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DFC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DFC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC556

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC556	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.133 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd68a',
    500: '#dfc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc556;
$custom-light: #ecd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82448,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC556

secondary

#394CA0

accent

#39D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC556

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

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