#DFD59F#DFD59F

#DFD59F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.071 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD59F
RGB	rgb(223, 213, 159)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 28.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -4.78, 28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 28.40, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.011 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.071 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.4841, 65.7810, 42.3050)
Luminance	0.6578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD59F #9FA9DF

analogous

#DFB59F #DFD59F #C9DF9F

triadic

#DFD59F #9FDFD5 #D59FDF

tetradic

#DFD59F #9FDFB5 #9FA9DF #DF9FC9

square

#DFD59F #9FDFB5 #9FA9DF #DF9FC9

split-complementary

#DFD59F #9FC9DF #B59FDF

monochromatic

#C0AD43 #D0C171 #DFD59F #EEE9CD #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DFD59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#DFD59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD59F

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD59F	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 213, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.071 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1bb',
    500: '#dfd59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd59f;
$custom-light: #e9e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86803,
    "c": 0.07127,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD59F

secondary

#6B77B8

accent

#3FBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD59F

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

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