#DFDF56#DFDF56

#DFDF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.157 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDF56
RGB	rgb(223, 223, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, -16.80, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 67.10, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0515 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.157 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5006, 69.1368, 19.0654)
Luminance	0.6914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDF56 #5656DF

analogous

#DF9A56 #DFDF56 #9ADF56

triadic

#DFDF56 #56DFDF #DF56DF

tetradic

#DFDF56 #56DF9A #5656DF #DF569A

square

#DFDF56 #56DF9A #5656DF #DF569A

split-complementary

#DFDF56 #569ADF #9A56DF

monochromatic

#9D9D1E #D0D027 #DFDF56 #E9E989 #F2F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DFDF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#DFDF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDF56

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDF56	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 223, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.157 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece88c',
    500: '#dfdf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdf56;
$custom-light: #ece88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87844,
    "c": 0.15651,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDF56

secondary

#3939A0

accent

#15D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDF56

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

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