#DFD956#DFD956

#DFD956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.151 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD956
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -13.84, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 64.76, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0432 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.151 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.9259, 65.9874, 18.5405)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD956 #565CDF

analogous

#DF9456 #DFD956 #A1DF56

triadic

#DFD956 #56DFD9 #D956DF

tetradic

#DFD956 #56DF94 #565CDF #DF56A1

square

#DFD956 #56DF94 #565CDF #DF56A1

split-complementary

#DFD956 #56A1DF #9456DF

monochromatic

#9D971E #D0C927 #DFD956 #E9E589 #F2F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DFD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DFD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD956

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD956	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.151 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece48b',
    500: '#dfd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd956;
$custom-light: #ece48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86583,
    "c": 0.15052,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD956

secondary

#393DA0

accent

#1ED015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD956

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

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