#DFD79C#DFD79C

#DFD79C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.077 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD79C
RGB	rgb(223, 215, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 30%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -6.18, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 30.80, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0151 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.077 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.7331, 66.6905, 41.1193)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD79C #9CA4DF

analogous

#DFB69C #DFD79C #C6DF9C

triadic

#DFD79C #9CDFD7 #D79CDF

tetradic

#DFD79C #9CDFB6 #9CA4DF #DF9CC6

square

#DFD79C #9CDFB6 #9CA4DF #DF9CC6

split-complementary

#DFD79C #9CC6DF #B69CDF

monochromatic

#C1B240 #D0C46E #DFD79C #EEEACA #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DFD79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DFD79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD79C

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD79C	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 215, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.077 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3b9',
    500: '#dfd79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd79c;
$custom-light: #e9e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87152,
    "c": 0.07705,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD79C

secondary

#6871B7

accent

#39BF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD79C

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

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