#DFD9B5#DFD9B5

#DFD9B5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.048 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD9B5
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 181)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 18.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -3.79, 18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 18.89, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0079 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.048 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.5844, 68.6508, 53.6084)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD9B5 #B5BBDF

analogous

#DFC4B5 #DFD9B5 #D0DFB5

triadic

#DFD9B5 #B5DFD9 #D9B5DF

tetradic

#DFD9B5 #B5DFC4 #B5BBDF #DFB5D0

square

#DFD9B5 #B5DFC4 #B5BBDF #DFB5D0

split-complementary

#DFD9B5 #B5D0DF #C4B5DF

monochromatic

#BAAD60 #CDC38A #DFD9B5 #F1EFE0 #F6F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFD9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#DFD9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD9B5

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD9B5	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D6B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.048 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4cb',
    500: '#dfd9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd9b5;
$custom-light: #e9e4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88083,
    "c": 0.04817,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD9B5

secondary

#8189B8

accent

#45B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD9B5

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

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