#DFD59E#DFD59E

#DFD59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.072 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD59E
RGB	rgb(223, 213, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 29.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -4.91, 28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 28.91, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0114 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.072 99)
XYZ	xyz(60.3977, 65.7464, 41.8498)
Luminance	0.6574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD59E #9EA8DF

analogous

#DFB59E #DFD59E #C9DF9E

triadic

#DFD59E #9EDFD5 #D59EDF

tetradic

#DFD59E #9EDFB5 #9EA8DF #DF9EC9

square

#DFD59E #9EDFB5 #9EA8DF #DF9EC9

split-complementary

#DFD59E #9EC9DF #B59EDF

monochromatic

#C1AD42 #D0C170 #DFD59E #EEE9CC #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DFD59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DFD59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD59E

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD59E	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 213, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.072 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1bb',
    500: '#dfd59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd59e;
$custom-light: #e9e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 50.388,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86784,
    "c": 0.07249,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.65745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD59E

secondary

#6A76B8

accent

#3FBE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD59E

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

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