#DFD8AD#DFD8AD

#DFD8AD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.057 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD8AD
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 173)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 22.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -4.43, 22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 22.55, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.0097 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.057 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5300, 67.8179, 49.3232)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD8AD #ADB4DF

analogous

#DFBFAD #DFD8AD #CDDFAD

triadic

#DFD8AD #ADDFD8 #D8ADDF

tetradic

#DFD8AD #ADDFBF #ADB4DF #DFADCD

square

#DFD8AD #ADDFBF #ADB4DF #DFADCD

split-complementary

#DFD8AD #ADCDDF #BFADDF

monochromatic

#BDAE55 #CEC381 #DFD8AD #F0EDD9 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFD8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DFD8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD8AD

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD8AD	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.057 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4c5',
    500: '#dfd8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd8ad;
$custom-light: #e9e4c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87703,
    "c": 0.05719,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD8AD

secondary

#7981B8

accent

#42B72F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD8AD

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

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