#DFD8B8#DFD8B8

#DFD8B8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.043 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD8B8
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 184)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 17.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.14, -2.83, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.14, 16.90, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0052 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.043 97)
XYZ	xyz(63.6385, 68.2613, 55.1614)
Luminance	0.6826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD8B8 #B8BFDF

analogous

#DFC5B8 #DFD8B8 #D3DFB8

triadic

#DFD8B8 #B8DFD8 #D8B8DF

tetradic

#DFD8B8 #B8DFC5 #B8BFDF #DFB8D3

square

#DFD8B8 #B8DFC5 #B8BFDF #DFB8D3

split-complementary

#DFD8B8 #B8D3DF #C5B8DF

monochromatic

#B9AA64 #CCC18E #DFD8B8 #F2EFE2 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFD8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#DFD8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD8B8

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD8B8	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD6B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.043 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4cd',
    500: '#dfd8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd8b8;
$custom-light: #e9e4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87951,
    "c": 0.04325,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.6826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD8B8

secondary

#848DB7

accent

#4BB135

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161513

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD8B8

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

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