#DFCB56#DFCB56

#DFCB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCB56
RGB	rgb(223, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -6.78, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 59.69, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0231 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4692, 59.0740, 17.3883)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCB56 #566ADF

analogous

#DF8656 #DFCB56 #AEDF56

triadic

#DFCB56 #56DFCB #CB56DF

tetradic

#DFCB56 #56DF86 #566ADF #DF56AE

square

#DFCB56 #56DF86 #566ADF #DF56AE

split-complementary

#DFCB56 #56AEDF #8656DF

monochromatic

#9D8A1E #D0B827 #DFCB56 #E9DB89 #F2EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DFCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DFCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCB56

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCB56	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecda8a',
    500: '#dfcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfcb56;
$custom-light: #ecda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83676,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCB56

secondary

#3948A0

accent

#31D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCB56

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

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