#DFD997#DFD997

#DFD997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.085 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD997
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 32.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -7.82, 33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 34.22, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.02 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.085 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.8308, 67.5493, 39.1060)
Luminance	0.6755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD997 #979DDF

analogous

#DFB597 #DFD997 #C1DF97

triadic

#DFD997 #97DFD9 #D997DF

tetradic

#DFD997 #97DFB5 #979DDF #DF97C1

square

#DFD997 #97DFB5 #979DDF #DF97C1

split-complementary

#DFD997 #97C1DF #B597DF

monochromatic

#C0B53B #D1C868 #DFD997 #EDEAC6 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DFD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#DFD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD997

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD997	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.085 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4b6',
    500: '#dfd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd997;
$custom-light: #eae4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87468,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD997

secondary

#636AB7

accent

#32C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD997

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

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