#DFD978#DFD978

#DFD978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.120 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD978
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 46.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -11.16, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 49.50, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0319 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.12 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.6358, 66.6713, 27.5457)
Luminance	0.6667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD978 #787EDF

analogous

#DFA678 #DFD978 #B2DF78

triadic

#DFD978 #78DFD9 #D978DF

tetradic

#DFD978 #78DFA6 #787EDF #DF78B2

square

#DFD978 #78DFA6 #787EDF #DF78B2

split-complementary

#DFD978 #78B2DF #A678DF

monochromatic

#B2AA2A #D3CB47 #DFD978 #EBE7A9 #F6F5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DFD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#DFD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD978

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD978	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.120 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe4a1',
    500: '#dfd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd978;
$custom-light: #ebe4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86972,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD978

secondary

#474EB4

accent

#26C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD978

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

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