#DFD497#DFD497

#DFD497 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.080 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD497
RGB	rgb(223, 212, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 32.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -5.27, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 32.04, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0127 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.08 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.5615, 65.0108, 38.6829)
Luminance	0.6501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD497 #97A2DF

analogous

#DFB097 #DFD497 #C6DF97

triadic

#DFD497 #97DFD4 #D497DF

tetradic

#DFD497 #97DFB0 #97A2DF #DF97C6

square

#DFD497 #97DFB0 #97A2DF #DF97C6

split-complementary

#DFD497 #97C6DF #B097DF

monochromatic

#C0AC3B #D1C168 #DFD497 #EDE7C6 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DFD497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#DFD497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD497

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD497	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 212, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.080 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae1b6',
    500: '#dfd497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd497;
$custom-light: #eae1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86446,
    "c": 0.07984,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD497

secondary

#6370B7

accent

#3DC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD497

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

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