#DFD8B9#DFD8B9

#DFD8B9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.042 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD8B9
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 185)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 17%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -2.68, 16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 16.39, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0048 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.042 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.7437, 68.3034, 55.7154)
Luminance	0.6830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD8B9 #B9C0DF

analogous

#DFC5B9 #DFD8B9 #D3DFB9

triadic

#DFD8B9 #B9DFD8 #D8B9DF

tetradic

#DFD8B9 #B9DFC5 #B9C0DF #DFB9D3

square

#DFD8B9 #B9DFC5 #B9C0DF #DFB9D3

split-complementary

#DFD8B9 #B9D3DF #C5B9DF

monochromatic

#B9A965 #CCC18F #DFD8B9 #F2EFE3 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFD8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DFD8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD8B9

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD8B9	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD6B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.042 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4ce',
    500: '#dfd8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd8b9;
$custom-light: #e9e4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87974,
    "c": 0.04197,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD8B9

secondary

#858EB7

accent

#4CB035

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161513

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD8B9

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

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