#DFD9B9#DFD9B9

#DFD9B9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.043 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD9B9
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 185)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 17%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -3.19, 16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 16.83, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.0063 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.043 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.0007, 68.8173, 55.8011)
Luminance	0.6882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD9B9 #B9BFDF

analogous

#DFC6B9 #DFD9B9 #D2DFB9

triadic

#DFD9B9 #B9DFD9 #D9B9DF

tetradic

#DFD9B9 #B9DFC6 #B9BFDF #DFB9D2

square

#DFD9B9 #B9DFC6 #B9BFDF #DFB9D2

split-complementary

#DFD9B9 #B9D2DF #C6B9DF

monochromatic

#B9AB65 #CCC28F #DFD9B9 #F2F0E3 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DFD9B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#DFD9B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD9B9

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD9B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD9B9	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd9b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.043 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4ce',
    500: '#dfd9b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd9b9;
$custom-light: #e9e4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd9b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88176,
    "c": 0.04305,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD9B9

secondary

#858DB7

accent

#49B035

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161513

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD9B9

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

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