#DFD599#DFD599

#DFD599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.079 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD599
RGB	rgb(223, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 31.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -5.54, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 31.46, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0134 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.079 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.9760, 65.5778, 39.6292)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD599 #99A3DF

analogous

#DFB299 #DFD599 #C6DF99

triadic

#DFD599 #99DFD5 #D599DF

tetradic

#DFD599 #99DFB2 #99A3DF #DF99C6

square

#DFD599 #99DFB2 #99A3DF #DF99C6

split-complementary

#DFD599 #99C6DF #B299DF

monochromatic

#C1AE3D #D0C26A #DFD599 #EEE8C8 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DFD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DFD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD599

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD599	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.079 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae1b7',
    500: '#dfd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd599;
$custom-light: #eae1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86687,
    "c": 0.0785,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD599

secondary

#6571B7

accent

#3CC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD599

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

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