#DFD8AE#DFD8AE

#DFD8AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.056 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD8AE
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 174)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 22%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -4.29, 21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 22.04, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0093 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.056 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.6271, 67.8567, 49.8347)
Luminance	0.6786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD8AE #AEB5DF

analogous

#DFBFAE #DFD8AE #CDDFAE

triadic

#DFD8AE #AEDFD8 #D8AEDF

tetradic

#DFD8AE #AEDFBF #AEB5DF #DFAECD

square

#DFD8AE #AEDFBF #AEB5DF #DFAECD

split-complementary

#DFD8AE #AECDDF #BFAEDF

monochromatic

#BCAE56 #CEC382 #DFD8AE #F0EDDA #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFD8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DFD8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD8AE

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD8AE	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.056 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4c6',
    500: '#dfd8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd8ae;
$custom-light: #e9e4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87725,
    "c": 0.05593,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD8AE

secondary

#7A82B8

accent

#42B62F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD8AE

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

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