#DFD499#DFD499

#DFD499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.077 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD499
RGB	rgb(223, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 31.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -5.03, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 31.03, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0119 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.077 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7253, 65.0763, 39.5456)
Luminance	0.6508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD499 #99A4DF

analogous

#DFB199 #DFD499 #C7DF99

triadic

#DFD499 #99DFD4 #D499DF

tetradic

#DFD499 #99DFB1 #99A4DF #DF99C7

square

#DFD499 #99DFB1 #99A4DF #DF99C7

split-complementary

#DFD499 #99C7DF #B199DF

monochromatic

#C1AC3D #D0C06A #DFD499 #EEE8C8 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DFD499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#DFD499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD499

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD499	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.077 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae1b7',
    500: '#dfd499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd499;
$custom-light: #eae1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86483,
    "c": 0.07746,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD499

secondary

#6572B7

accent

#3EC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD499

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

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