#DFD59D#DFD59D

#DFD59D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.074 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD59D
RGB	rgb(223, 213, 157)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 29.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.85, -5.04, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.85, 29.42, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0118 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.074 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.3119, 65.7122, 41.3983)
Luminance	0.6571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD59D #9DA7DF

analogous

#DFB49D #DFD59D #C8DF9D

triadic

#DFD59D #9DDFD5 #D59DDF

tetradic

#DFD59D #9DDFB4 #9DA7DF #DF9DC8

square

#DFD59D #9DDFB4 #9DA7DF #DF9DC8

split-complementary

#DFD59D #9DC8DF #B49DDF

monochromatic

#C1AD41 #D0C16F #DFD59D #EEE9CB #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DFD59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DFD59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD59D

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD59D	1.00	1.48	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.48	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)

#E0D299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 213, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.074 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1ba',
    500: '#dfd59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd59d;
$custom-light: #e9e1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 50.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86764,
    "c": 0.0737,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD59D

secondary

#6975B8

accent

#3EBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD59D

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

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