#DFD456#DFD456

#DFD456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD456
RGB	rgb(223, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -11.34, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 62.89, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0361 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6566, 63.4488, 18.1174)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD456 #5661DF

analogous

#DF8F56 #DFD456 #A6DF56

triadic

#DFD456 #56DFD4 #D456DF

tetradic

#DFD456 #56DF8F #5661DF #DF56A6

square

#DFD456 #56DF8F #5661DF #DF56A6

split-complementary

#DFD456 #56A6DF #8F56DF

monochromatic

#9D931E #D0C327 #DFD456 #E9E189 #F2EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DFD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DFD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD456

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD456	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece08b',
    500: '#dfd456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd456;
$custom-light: #ece08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85539,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD456

secondary

#3941A0

accent

#24D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD456

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

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