#DFD279#DFD279

#DFD279 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.111 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD279
RGB	rgb(223, 210, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 45.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -7.53, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 46.14, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0214 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.111 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9306, 63.1635, 27.2783)
Luminance	0.6316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD279 #7986DF

analogous

#DF9F79 #DFD279 #B9DF79

triadic

#DFD279 #79DFD2 #D279DF

tetradic

#DFD279 #79DF9F #7986DF #DF79B9

square

#DFD279 #79DF9F #7986DF #DF79B9

split-complementary

#DFD279 #79B9DF #9F79DF

monochromatic

#B3A22B #D3C148 #DFD279 #EBE3AA #F7F3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DFD279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DFD279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD279

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD279	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 210, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.111 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdfa1',
    500: '#dfd279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd279;
$custom-light: #ebdfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8554,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD279

secondary

#4856B4

accent

#32C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD279

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

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