#DFD799#DFD799

#DFD799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.081 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD799
RGB	rgb(223, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 31.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -6.56, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 32.32, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0163 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.081 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.4822, 66.5901, 39.7979)
Luminance	0.6659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD799 #99A1DF

analogous

#DFB499 #DFD799 #C4DF99

triadic

#DFD799 #99DFD7 #D799DF

tetradic

#DFD799 #99DFB4 #99A1DF #DF99C4

square

#DFD799 #99DFB4 #99A1DF #DF99C4

split-complementary

#DFD799 #99C4DF #B499DF

monochromatic

#C1B23D #D0C56A #DFD799 #EEE9C8 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DFD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#DFD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD799

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD799	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.081 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae3b7',
    500: '#dfd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd799;
$custom-light: #eae3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87095,
    "c": 0.08064,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD799

secondary

#656EB7

accent

#37C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD799

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

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