#DFD256#DFD256

#DFD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.144 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD256
RGB	rgb(223, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.15, -10.33, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.15, 62.15, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.0332 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.144 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1598, 62.4551, 17.9518)
Luminance	0.6245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD256 #5663DF

analogous

#DF8E56 #DFD256 #A7DF56

triadic

#DFD256 #56DFD2 #D256DF

tetradic

#DFD256 #56DF8E #5663DF #DF56A7

square

#DFD256 #56DF8E #5663DF #DF56A7

split-complementary

#DFD256 #56A7DF #8E56DF

monochromatic

#9D911E #D0C027 #DFD256 #E9E089 #F2EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DFD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#DFD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD256

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD256	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.144 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdf8b',
    500: '#dfd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd256;
$custom-light: #ecdf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85123,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD256

secondary

#3943A0

accent

#27D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD256

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

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