#DFD9B8#DFD9B8

#DFD9B8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.044 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD9B8
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 184)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 17.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -3.34, 17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 17.34, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0067 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.044 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.8955, 68.7752, 55.2471)
Luminance	0.6877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD9B8 #B8BEDF

analogous

#DFC6B8 #DFD9B8 #D2DFB8

triadic

#DFD9B8 #B8DFD9 #D9B8DF

tetradic

#DFD9B8 #B8DFC6 #B8BEDF #DFB8D2

square

#DFD9B8 #B8DFC6 #B8BEDF #DFB8D2

split-complementary

#DFD9B8 #B8D2DF #C6B8DF

monochromatic

#B9AC64 #CCC28E #DFD9B8 #F2F0E2 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DFD9B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#DFD9B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD9B8

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD9B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD9B8	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.044 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4cd',
    500: '#dfd9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd9b8;
$custom-light: #e9e4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88153,
    "c": 0.04433,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD9B8

secondary

#848CB7

accent

#48B135

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161513

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD9B8

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

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