#DFEC56#DFEC56

#DFEC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.170 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFEC56
RGB	rgb(223, 236, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.02, -23.11, 68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.02, 72.39, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0693 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.17 114)
XYZ	xyz(62.1082, 76.3519, 20.2679)
Luminance	0.7635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFEC56 #6356EC

analogous

#ECAE56 #DFEC56 #94EC56

triadic

#DFEC56 #56DFEC #EC56DF

tetradic

#DFEC56 #56ECAE #6356EC #EC5694

square

#DFEC56 #56ECAE #6356EC #EC5694

split-complementary

#DFEC56 #5694EC #AE56EC

monochromatic

#A6B314 #D5E61F #DFEC56 #E9F28D #F4F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DFEC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#DFEC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFEC56

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFEC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFEC56	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfec56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 236, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.170 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf28d',
    500: '#dfec56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfec56;
$custom-light: #ecf28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfec56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90603,
    "c": 0.17021,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.76351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFEC56

secondary

#3E33B3

accent

#09DC1C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFEC56

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

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