#DFD9AB#DFD9AB

#DFD9AB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.061 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD9AB
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 171)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 23%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 23.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -5.22, 23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 24.03, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.86% -0.012 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(87.86% 0.061 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.5949, 68.2550, 48.3973)
Luminance	0.6825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD9AB #ABB1DF

analogous

#DFBFAB #DFD9AB #CBDFAB

triadic

#DFD9AB #ABDFD9 #D9ABDF

tetradic

#DFD9AB #ABDFBF #ABB1DF #DFABCB

square

#DFD9AB #ABDFBF #ABB1DF #DFABCB

split-complementary

#DFD9AB #ABCBDF #BFABDF

monochromatic

#BDB152 #CEC57F #DFD9AB #F0EDD7 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFD9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#DFD9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD9AB

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD9AB	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.061 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4c4',
    500: '#dfd9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd9ab;
$custom-light: #e9e4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87863,
    "c": 0.06082,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD9AB

secondary

#767EB8

accent

#3DB82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD9AB

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

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