#DFD9AD#DFD9AD

#DFD9AD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.058 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD9AD
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 173)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 22.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -4.94, 22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 23.01, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0112 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.058 101)
XYZ	xyz(62.7870, 68.3318, 49.4089)
Luminance	0.6833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD9AD #ADB3DF

analogous

#DFC0AD #DFD9AD #CCDFAD

triadic

#DFD9AD #ADDFD9 #D9ADDF

tetradic

#DFD9AD #ADDFC0 #ADB3DF #DFADCC

square

#DFD9AD #ADDFC0 #ADB3DF #DFADCC

split-complementary

#DFD9AD #ADCCDF #C0ADDF

monochromatic

#BDB055 #CEC581 #DFD9AD #F0EDD9 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFD9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DFD9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD9AD

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD9AD	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.058 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4c5',
    500: '#dfd9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd9ad;
$custom-light: #e9e4c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87906,
    "c": 0.05831,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.68331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD9AD

secondary

#7980B8

accent

#3FB72F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD9AD

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

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