#DFD879#DFD879

#DFD879 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.118 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD879
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 45.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -10.56, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 48.60, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0301 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.118 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.4398, 66.1818, 27.7814)
Luminance	0.6618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD879 #7980DF

analogous

#DFA579 #DFD879 #B3DF79

triadic

#DFD879 #79DFD8 #D879DF

tetradic

#DFD879 #79DFA5 #7980DF #DF79B3

square

#DFD879 #79DFA5 #7980DF #DF79B3

split-complementary

#DFD879 #79B3DF #A579DF

monochromatic

#B3AA2B #D3CA48 #DFD879 #EBE6AA #F7F5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DFD879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DFD879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD879

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD879	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.118 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe3a1',
    500: '#dfd879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd879;
$custom-light: #ebe3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.882,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86779,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD879

secondary

#484FB4

accent

#28C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD879

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

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