#DFD856#DFD856

#DFD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.150 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD856
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -13.34, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 64.38, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0417 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.15 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6689, 65.4735, 18.4548)
Luminance	0.6547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD856 #565DDF

analogous

#DF9356 #DFD856 #A2DF56

triadic

#DFD856 #56DFD8 #D856DF

tetradic

#DFD856 #56DF93 #565DDF #DF56A2

square

#DFD856 #56DF93 #565DDF #DF56A2

split-complementary

#DFD856 #56A2DF #9356DF

monochromatic

#9D961E #D0C827 #DFD856 #E9E489 #F2F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DFD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DFD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD856

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD856	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.150 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece38b',
    500: '#dfd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd856;
$custom-light: #ece38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86374,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD856

secondary

#393EA0

accent

#1FD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD856

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

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