#DFD8A9#DFD8A9

#DFD8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.062 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD8A9
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 24.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -4.98, 24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 24.61, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0113 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.062 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1488, 67.6654, 47.3152)
Luminance	0.6766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD8A9 #A9B0DF

analogous

#DFBDA9 #DFD8A9 #CBDFA9

triadic

#DFD8A9 #A9DFD8 #D8A9DF

tetradic

#DFD8A9 #A9DFBD #A9B0DF #DFA9CB

square

#DFD8A9 #A9DFBD #A9B0DF #DFA9CB

split-complementary

#DFD8A9 #A9CBDF #BDA9DF

monochromatic

#BEB050 #CEC47C #DFD8A9 #F0ECD6 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DFD8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DFD8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD8A9

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD8A9	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.062 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4c2',
    500: '#dfd8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd8a9;
$custom-light: #e9e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87618,
    "c": 0.0622,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD8A9

secondary

#747DB8

accent

#3FB92D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD8A9

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

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