#DFD987#DFD987

#DFD987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.104 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD987
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 39.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.54, -9.65, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.54, 42.22, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0263 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.104 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.6184, 67.0644, 32.7211)
Luminance	0.6706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD987 #878DDF

analogous

#DFAD87 #DFD987 #B9DF87

triadic

#DFD987 #87DFD9 #D987DF

tetradic

#DFD987 #87DFAD #878DDF #DF87B9

square

#DFD987 #87DFAD #878DDF #DF87B9

split-complementary

#DFD987 #87B9DF #AD87DF

monochromatic

#BAB132 #D2CA57 #DFD987 #ECE8B7 #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DFD987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DFD987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD987

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD987	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.104 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4ab',
    500: '#dfd987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd987;
$custom-light: #eae4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87194,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD987

secondary

#545AB7

accent

#2BC520

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD987

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

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