#DFE256#DFE256

#DFE256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.160 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE256
RGB	rgb(223, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.37, -18.27, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.37, 68.29, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.0557 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.16 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.3093, 70.7541, 19.3349)
Luminance	0.7075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE256 #5956E2

analogous

#E29F56 #DFE256 #99E256

triadic

#DFE256 #56DFE2 #E256DF

tetradic

#DFE256 #56E29F #5956E2 #E25699

square

#DFE256 #56E29F #5956E2 #E25699

split-complementary

#DFE256 #5699E2 #9F56E2

monochromatic

#9FA21C #D2D625 #DFE256 #E9EB8A #F3F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DFE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#DFE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE256

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE256	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.160 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea8c',
    500: '#dfe256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe256;
$custom-light: #ecea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88478,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE256

secondary

#3A38A5

accent

#13D317

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE256

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

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