#DFD99C#DFD99C

#DFD99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.079 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD99C
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 30%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -7.20, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 31.69, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.018 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.079 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.2455, 67.7152, 41.2901)
Luminance	0.6771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD99C #9CA2DF

analogous

#DFB89C #DFD99C #C4DF9C

triadic

#DFD99C #9CDFD9 #D99CDF

tetradic

#DFD99C #9CDFB8 #9CA2DF #DF9CC4

square

#DFD99C #9CDFB8 #9CA2DF #DF9CC4

split-complementary

#DFD99C #9CC4DF #B89CDF

monochromatic

#C1B540 #D0C76E #DFD99C #EEEBCA #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFD99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DFD99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD99C

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD99C	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)

#E4D598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.079 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b9',
    500: '#dfd99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd99c;
$custom-light: #e9e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87561,
    "c": 0.07927,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD99C

secondary

#686FB7

accent

#35BF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD99C

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

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