#DFCD56#DFCD56

#DFCD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DFCD56
RGBrgb(223, 205, 86)
HSLhsl(52, 68%, 61%)
HSVhsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.1%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(81.85, -7.80, 59.87)
CIE-LCHlch(81.85, 60.38, 97.42°)
OKLaboklab(84.09% -0.026 0.137)
OKLCHoklch(84.09% 0.139 100.7)
XYZxyz(53.9446, 60.0247, 17.5467)
Luminance0.6002 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DFCD56 #5668DF
analogous
#DF8856 #DFCD56 #ACDF56
triadic
#DFCD56 #56DFCD #CD56DF
tetradic
#DFCD56 #56DF88 #5668DF #DF56AC
square
#DFCD56 #56DF88 #5668DF #DF56AC
split-complementary
#DFCD56 #56ACDF #8856DF
monochromatic
#9D8C1E #D0BA27 #DFCD56 #E9DC89 #F2EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61
#DFCD56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00
#DFCD56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCD56
13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DFCD56#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DFCD561.001.6113.0013.00
#FFFFFF1.611.0021.0021.00
#00000013.0021.001.001.00
##00000013.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC748
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFC0B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dfcd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.139 100.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc8a',
    500: '#dfcd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dfcd56;
$custom-light: #ecdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dfcd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84088,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DFCD56
secondary
#3946A0
accent
#2ED015
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#DFCD56 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva