#DFCE56#DFCE56

#DFCE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFCE56
RGB	rgb(223, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -8.31, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 60.73, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0274 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.1846, 60.5047, 17.6267)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFCE56 #5667DF

analogous

#DF8956 #DFCE56 #ABDF56

triadic

#DFCE56 #56DFCE #CE56DF

tetradic

#DFCE56 #56DF89 #5667DF #DF56AB

square

#DFCE56 #56DF89 #5667DF #DF56AB

split-complementary

#DFCE56 #56ABDF #8956DF

monochromatic

#9D8D1E #D0BB27 #DFCE56 #E9DD89 #F2ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DFCE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#DFCE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFCE56

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFCE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFCE56	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc8a',
    500: '#dfce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfce56;
$custom-light: #ecdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84295,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFCE56

secondary

#3946A0

accent

#2DD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFCE56

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

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