#DFE856#DFE856

#DFE856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.166 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE856
RGB	rgb(223, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.96, -21.19, 67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.96, 70.73, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0639 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.166 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.9694, 74.0744, 19.8883)
Luminance	0.7407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE856 #5F56E8

analogous

#E8A856 #DFE856 #96E856

triadic

#DFE856 #56DFE8 #E856DF

tetradic

#DFE856 #56E8A8 #5F56E8 #E85696

square

#DFE856 #56E8A8 #5F56E8 #E85696

split-complementary

#DFE856 #5696E8 #A856E8

monochromatic

#A3AC17 #D5E120 #DFE856 #E9EF8C #F3F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DFE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#DFE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE856

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE856	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.166 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecef8c',
    500: '#dfe856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe856;
$custom-light: #ecef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.699,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89751,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE856

secondary

#3C35AD

accent

#0DD81A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE856

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

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