#DFD656#DFD656

#DFD656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.148 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD656
RGB	rgb(223, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -12.34, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 63.63, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0389 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.148 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1597, 64.4549, 18.2851)
Luminance	0.6445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD656 #565FDF

analogous

#DF9156 #DFD656 #A4DF56

triadic

#DFD656 #56DFD6 #D656DF

tetradic

#DFD656 #56DF91 #565FDF #DF56A4

square

#DFD656 #56DF91 #565FDF #DF56A4

split-complementary

#DFD656 #56A4DF #9156DF

monochromatic

#9D951E #D0C527 #DFD656 #E9E289 #F2EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DFD656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#DFD656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD656

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD656	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.148 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece28b',
    500: '#dfd656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd656;
$custom-light: #ece28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85956,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD656

secondary

#3940A0

accent

#22D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD656

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

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