#DFD79D#DFD79D

#DFD79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.076 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD79D
RGB	rgb(223, 215, 157)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 29.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -6.06, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 30.29, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0147 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.076 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.8181, 66.7245, 41.5671)
Luminance	0.6672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD79D #9DA5DF

analogous

#DFB69D #DFD79D #C6DF9D

triadic

#DFD79D #9DDFD7 #D79DDF

tetradic

#DFD79D #9DDFB6 #9DA5DF #DF9DC6

square

#DFD79D #9DDFB6 #9DA5DF #DF9DC6

split-complementary

#DFD79D #9DC6DF #B69DDF

monochromatic

#C1B141 #D0C46F #DFD79D #EEEACB #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DFD79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DFD79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD79D

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD79D	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)

#E2D399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 215, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.076 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3ba',
    500: '#dfd79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd79d;
$custom-light: #e9e3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 50.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87171,
    "c": 0.07584,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD79D

secondary

#6972B8

accent

#3ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD79D

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

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