#DFC656#DFC656

#DFC656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC656
RGB	rgb(223, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -4.22, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 58.04, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0157 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3075, 56.7505, 17.0010)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC656 #566FDF

analogous

#DF8156 #DFC656 #B3DF56

triadic

#DFC656 #56DFC6 #C656DF

tetradic

#DFC656 #56DF81 #566FDF #DF56B3

square

#DFC656 #56DF81 #566FDF #DF56B3

split-complementary

#DFC656 #56B3DF #8156DF

monochromatic

#9D861E #D0B227 #DFC656 #E9D789 #F2E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DFC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DFC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC656

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC656	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd78a',
    500: '#dfc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc656;
$custom-light: #ecd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82652,
    "c": 0.13371,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC656

secondary

#394CA0

accent

#37D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC656

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

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