#DFD59C#DFD59C

#DFD59C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.075 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD59C
RGB	rgb(223, 213, 156)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 30%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -5.16, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 29.93, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0122 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.075 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.2269, 65.6781, 40.9506)
Luminance	0.6568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD59C #9CA6DF

analogous

#DFB49C #DFD59C #C8DF9C

triadic

#DFD59C #9CDFD5 #D59CDF

tetradic

#DFD59C #9CDFB4 #9CA6DF #DF9CC8

square

#DFD59C #9CDFB4 #9CA6DF #DF9CC8

split-complementary

#DFD59C #9CC8DF #B49CDF

monochromatic

#C1AE40 #D0C16E #DFD59C #EEE9CA #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DFD59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DFD59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD59C

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD59C	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 213, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.075 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1b9',
    500: '#dfd59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd59c;
$custom-light: #e9e1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86745,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD59C

secondary

#6874B7

accent

#3EBF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD59C

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

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