#DFD597#DFD597

#DFD597 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.081 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD597
RGB	rgb(223, 213, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 32.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -5.78, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 32.47, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0142 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.081 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8122, 65.5123, 38.7665)
Luminance	0.6551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD597 #97A1DF

analogous

#DFB197 #DFD597 #C5DF97

triadic

#DFD597 #97DFD5 #D597DF

tetradic

#DFD597 #97DFB1 #97A1DF #DF97C5

square

#DFD597 #97DFB1 #97A1DF #DF97C5

split-complementary

#DFD597 #97C5DF #B197DF

monochromatic

#C0AE3B #D1C268 #DFD597 #EDE8C6 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DFD597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DFD597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD597

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD597	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)

#E1D193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 213, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.081 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae1b6',
    500: '#dfd597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd597;
$custom-light: #eae1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8665,
    "c": 0.08088,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD597

secondary

#636FB7

accent

#3BC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD597

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

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