#DFDD99#DFDD99

#DFDD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.087 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD99
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 31.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -9.60, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 35.05, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% -0.025 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.087 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.0381, 69.7019, 40.3165)
Luminance	0.6970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD99 #999BDF

analogous

#DFBA99 #DFDD99 #BEDF99

triadic

#DFDD99 #99DFDD #DD99DF

tetradic

#DFDD99 #99DFBA #999BDF #DF99BE

square

#DFDD99 #99DFBA #999BDF #DF99BE

split-complementary

#DFDD99 #99BEDF #BA99DF

monochromatic

#C1BD3D #D0CD6A #DFDD99 #EEEDC8 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DFDD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#DFDD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD99

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD99	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.087 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae7b7',
    500: '#dfdd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd99;
$custom-light: #eae7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88326,
    "c": 0.08749,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD99

secondary

#6567B7

accent

#2AC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD99

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

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