#DFD596#DFD596

#DFD596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.082 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD596
RGB	rgb(223, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 32.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -5.91, 32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 32.98, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0146 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.082 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.7314, 65.4799, 38.3406)
Luminance	0.6548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD596 #96A0DF

analogous

#DFB096 #DFD596 #C4DF96

triadic

#DFD596 #96DFD5 #D596DF

tetradic

#DFD596 #96DFB0 #96A0DF #DF96C4

square

#DFD596 #96DFB0 #96A0DF #DF96C4

split-complementary

#DFD596 #96C4DF #B096DF

monochromatic

#C0AE3B #D1C267 #DFD596 #EDE8C5 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DFD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DFD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD596

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD596	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.082 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae1b5',
    500: '#dfd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd596;
$custom-light: #eae1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86631,
    "c": 0.08207,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD596

secondary

#626EB7

accent

#3AC125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD596

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

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