#DFD9A9#DFD9A9

#DFD9A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.063 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD9A9
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 169)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 24.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -5.49, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 25.06, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.0128 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.063 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.4057, 68.1793, 47.4009)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD9A9 #A9AFDF

analogous

#DFBEA9 #DFD9A9 #CADFA9

triadic

#DFD9A9 #A9DFD9 #D9A9DF

tetradic

#DFD9A9 #A9DFBE #A9AFDF #DFA9CA

square

#DFD9A9 #A9DFBE #A9AFDF #DFA9CA

split-complementary

#DFD9A9 #A9CADF #BEA9DF

monochromatic

#BEB250 #CEC57C #DFD9A9 #F0EDD6 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFD9A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DFD9A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD9A9

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD9A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD9A9	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd9a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.063 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4c2',
    500: '#dfd9a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd9a9;
$custom-light: #e9e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd9a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87821,
    "c": 0.06331,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD9A9

secondary

#747CB8

accent

#3CB92D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD9A9

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

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