#DFC856#DFC856

#DFC856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC856
RGB	rgb(223, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -5.25, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 58.69, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0187 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7676, 57.6708, 17.1544)
Luminance	0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC856 #566DDF

analogous

#DF8356 #DFC856 #B1DF56

triadic

#DFC856 #56DFC8 #C856DF

tetradic

#DFC856 #56DF83 #566DDF #DF56B1

square

#DFC856 #56DF83 #566DDF #DF56B1

split-complementary

#DFC856 #56B1DF #8356DF

monochromatic

#9D881E #D0B427 #DFC856 #E9D989 #F2E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DFC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#DFC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC856

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC856	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd88a',
    500: '#dfc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc856;
$custom-light: #ecd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83061,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC856

secondary

#394AA0

accent

#35D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC856

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

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