#DFD99E#DFD99E

#DFD99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.077 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD99E
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 29.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -6.95, 29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 30.68, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0172 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.077 103)
XYZ	xyz(61.4162, 67.7835, 42.1893)
Luminance	0.6778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD99E #9EA4DF

analogous

#DFB99E #DFD99E #C4DF9E

triadic

#DFD99E #9EDFD9 #D99EDF

tetradic

#DFD99E #9EDFB9 #9EA4DF #DF9EC4

square

#DFD99E #9EDFB9 #9EA4DF #DF9EC4

split-complementary

#DFD99E #9EC4DF #B99EDF

monochromatic

#C1B542 #D0C770 #DFD99E #EEEBCC #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFD99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DFD99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD99E

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD99E	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.077 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4bb',
    500: '#dfd99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd99e;
$custom-light: #e9e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 50.388,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87599,
    "c": 0.07685,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.67782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD99E

secondary

#6A71B8

accent

#36BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD99E

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

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