#DFD996#DFD996

#DFD996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.086 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD996
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 32.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -7.94, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 34.73, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0204 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.086 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7499, 67.5170, 38.6801)
Luminance	0.6752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD996 #969CDF

analogous

#DFB496 #DFD996 #C1DF96

triadic

#DFD996 #96DFD9 #D996DF

tetradic

#DFD996 #96DFB4 #969CDF #DF96C1

square

#DFD996 #96DFB4 #969CDF #DF96C1

split-complementary

#DFD996 #96C1DF #B496DF

monochromatic

#C0B53B #D1C867 #DFD996 #EDEAC5 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DFD996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#DFD996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD996

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD996	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.086 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4b5',
    500: '#dfd996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd996;
$custom-light: #eae4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.068,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8745,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD996

secondary

#6269B7

accent

#32C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD996

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

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