#DFD99F#DFD99F

#DFD99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.076 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD99F
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 28.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -6.82, 29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 30.17, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0168 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.076 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.5026, 67.8181, 42.6445)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD99F #9FA5DF

analogous

#DFB99F #DFD99F #C5DF9F

triadic

#DFD99F #9FDFD9 #D99FDF

tetradic

#DFD99F #9FDFB9 #9FA5DF #DF9FC5

square

#DFD99F #9FDFB9 #9FA5DF #DF9FC5

split-complementary

#DFD99F #9FC5DF #B99FDF

monochromatic

#C0B543 #D0C771 #DFD99F #EEEBCD #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFD99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DFD99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD99F

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD99F	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)

#E3D59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.076 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4bb',
    500: '#dfd99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd99f;
$custom-light: #e9e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87619,
    "c": 0.07564,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD99F

secondary

#6B72B8

accent

#36BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD99F

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

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