#DFD981#DFD981

#DFD981 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.110 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD981
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 42.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -10.28, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 45.16, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0286 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.11 105)
XYZ	xyz(59.2079, 66.9002, 30.5587)
Luminance	0.6690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD981 #8187DF

analogous

#DFAA81 #DFD981 #B6DF81

triadic

#DFD981 #81DFD9 #D981DF

tetradic

#DFD981 #81DFAA #8187DF #DF81B6

square

#DFD981 #81DFAA #8187DF #DF81B6

split-complementary

#DFD981 #81B6DF #AA81DF

monochromatic

#B7AE2F #D3CA50 #DFD981 #EBE8B2 #F8F6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DFD981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DFD981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD981

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD981	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D37A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.110 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4a7',
    500: '#dfd981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd981;
$custom-light: #eae4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87102,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.66899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD981

secondary

#4E55B6

accent

#29C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD981

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

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