#DFD179#DFD179

#DFD179 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.110 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD179
RGB	rgb(223, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 45.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -7.02, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 45.74, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0199 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.11 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.6845, 62.6712, 27.1963)
Luminance	0.6267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD179 #7987DF

analogous

#DF9E79 #DFD179 #BADF79

triadic

#DFD179 #79DFD1 #D179DF

tetradic

#DFD179 #79DF9E #7987DF #DF79BA

square

#DFD179 #79DF9E #7987DF #DF79BA

split-complementary

#DFD179 #79BADF #9E79DF

monochromatic

#B3A02B #D3C048 #DFD179 #EBE2AA #F7F3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DFD179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DFD179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD179

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD179	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.110 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdea1',
    500: '#dfd179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd179;
$custom-light: #ebdea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85335,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD179

secondary

#4857B4

accent

#34C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD179

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

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