#DFD99B#DFD99B

#DFD99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.080 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD99B
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 155)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 30.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -7.33, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 32.20, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0184 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.08 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.1611, 67.6815, 40.8460)
Luminance	0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD99B #9BA1DF

analogous

#DFB79B #DFD99B #C3DF9B

triadic

#DFD99B #9BDFD9 #D99BDF

tetradic

#DFD99B #9BDFB7 #9BA1DF #DF9BC3

square

#DFD99B #9BDFB7 #9BA1DF #DF9BC3

split-complementary

#DFD99B #9BC3DF #B79BDF

monochromatic

#C1B63E #D0C76D #DFD99B #EEEBC9 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFD99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DFD99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD99B

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD99B	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.080 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4b9',
    500: '#dfd99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd99b;
$custom-light: #eae4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87542,
    "c": 0.08047,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD99B

secondary

#676EB7

accent

#34BF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD99B

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

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