#DFD979#DFD979

#DFD979 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.119 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD979
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 45.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -11.06, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 49.02, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0316 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.119 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.6968, 66.6957, 27.8670)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD979 #797FDF

analogous

#DFA679 #DFD979 #B2DF79

triadic

#DFD979 #79DFD9 #D979DF

tetradic

#DFD979 #79DFA6 #797FDF #DF79B2

square

#DFD979 #79DFA6 #797FDF #DF79B2

split-complementary

#DFD979 #79B2DF #A679DF

monochromatic

#B3AB2B #D3CB48 #DFD979 #EBE7AA #F7F5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DFD979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DFD979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD979

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD979	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.119 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe4a1',
    500: '#dfd979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd979;
$custom-light: #ebe4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86986,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD979

secondary

#484EB4

accent

#27C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD979

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

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