#DFCA56#DFCA56

#DFCA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCA56
RGB	rgb(223, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -6.27, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 59.35, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0216 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.2338, 58.6032, 17.3098)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCA56 #566BDF

analogous

#DF8556 #DFCA56 #AFDF56

triadic

#DFCA56 #56DFCA #CA56DF

tetradic

#DFCA56 #56DF85 #566BDF #DF56AF

square

#DFCA56 #56DF85 #566BDF #DF56AF

split-complementary

#DFCA56 #56AFDF #8556DF

monochromatic

#9D891E #D0B627 #DFCA56 #E9DA89 #F2EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DFCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DFCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCA56

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCA56	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd98a',
    500: '#dfca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfca56;
$custom-light: #ecd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83471,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCA56

secondary

#3949A0

accent

#32D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCA56

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

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