#DFD9A8#DFD9A8

#DFD9A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.065 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD9A8
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 168)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 25%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 24.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -5.63, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 25.57, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0132 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.065 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.3122, 68.1419, 46.9084)
Luminance	0.6814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD9A8 #A8AEDF

analogous

#DFBEA8 #DFD9A8 #CADFA8

triadic

#DFD9A8 #A8DFD9 #D9A8DF

tetradic

#DFD9A8 #A8DFBE #A8AEDF #DFA8CA

square

#DFD9A8 #A8DFBE #A8AEDF #DFA8CA

split-complementary

#DFD9A8 #A8CADF #BEA8DF

monochromatic

#BEB24F #CFC57B #DFD9A8 #EFEDD5 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFD9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#DFD9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD9A8

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD9A8	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.065 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4c2',
    500: '#dfd9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd9a8;
$custom-light: #e9e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.878,
    "c": 0.06456,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD9A8

secondary

#747BB8

accent

#3BB92C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD9A8

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

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