#DFD156#DFD156

#DFD156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.143 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD156
RGB	rgb(223, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -9.83, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 61.79, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0318 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.143 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.9137, 61.9629, 17.8697)
Luminance	0.6196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD156 #5664DF

analogous

#DF8D56 #DFD156 #A8DF56

triadic

#DFD156 #56DFD1 #D156DF

tetradic

#DFD156 #56DF8D #5664DF #DF56A8

square

#DFD156 #56DF8D #5664DF #DF56A8

split-complementary

#DFD156 #56A8DF #8D56DF

monochromatic

#9D901E #D0BF27 #DFD156 #E9DF89 #F2EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DFD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#DFD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD156

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD156	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.143 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecde8b',
    500: '#dfd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd156;
$custom-light: #ecde8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84916,
    "c": 0.14298,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD156

secondary

#3943A0

accent

#28D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD156

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

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