#DFD99D#DFD99D

#DFD99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.078 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD99D
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 29.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, -7.08, 30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 31.19, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0176 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.078 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.3305, 67.7492, 41.7379)
Luminance	0.6775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD99D #9DA3DF

analogous

#DFB89D #DFD99D #C4DF9D

triadic

#DFD99D #9DDFD9 #D99DDF

tetradic

#DFD99D #9DDFB8 #9DA3DF #DF9DC4

square

#DFD99D #9DDFB8 #9DA3DF #DF9DC4

split-complementary

#DFD99D #9DC4DF #B89DDF

monochromatic

#C1B541 #D0C76F #DFD99D #EEEBCB #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFD99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#DFD99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD99D

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD99D	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.078 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4ba',
    500: '#dfd99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd99d;
$custom-light: #e9e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 50.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8758,
    "c": 0.07806,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD99D

secondary

#6970B8

accent

#35BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD99D

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

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