#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
RGB	rgb(223, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -7.80, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 60.38, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.026 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9446, 60.0247, 17.5467)
Luminance	0.6002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##DFCD56	1.00	1.61	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #DFCD56

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

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