#DFD172#DFD172

#DFD172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.118 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD172
RGB	rgb(223, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 48.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -7.67, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 49.11, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0225 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.118 101)
XYZ	xyz(56.2707, 62.5057, 25.0170)
Luminance	0.6250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD172 #7280DF

analogous

#DF9A72 #DFD172 #B6DF72

triadic

#DFD172 #72DFD1 #D172DF

tetradic

#DFD172 #72DF9A #7280DF #DF72B6

square

#DFD172 #72DF9A #7280DF #DF72B6

split-complementary

#DFD172 #72B6DF #9A72DF

monochromatic

#AF9E28 #D4C140 #DFD172 #EAE1A4 #F6F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DFD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DFD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD172

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD172	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.118 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde9c',
    500: '#dfd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd172;
$custom-light: #ebde9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85237,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.62504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD172

secondary

#4552B1

accent

#31CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD172

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

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