#DFD79E#DFD79E

#DFD79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.075 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD79E
RGB	rgb(223, 215, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 29.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -5.93, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 29.78, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0143 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.075 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.9038, 66.7588, 42.0185)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD79E #9EA6DF

analogous

#DFB69E #DFD79E #C7DF9E

triadic

#DFD79E #9EDFD7 #D79EDF

tetradic

#DFD79E #9EDFB6 #9EA6DF #DF9EC7

square

#DFD79E #9EDFB6 #9EA6DF #DF9EC7

split-complementary

#DFD79E #9EC7DF #B69EDF

monochromatic

#C1B142 #D0C470 #DFD79E #EEEACC #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DFD79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DFD79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD79E

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD79E	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 215, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.075 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3bb',
    500: '#dfd79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd79e;
$custom-light: #e9e3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 50.388,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87191,
    "c": 0.07462,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD79E

secondary

#6A73B8

accent

#3ABE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD79E

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

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