#DFDD9D#DFDD9D

#DFDD9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.083 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD9D
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 157)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 29.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -9.10, 31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 33.03, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0234 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.083 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3740, 69.8363, 42.0857)
Luminance	0.6984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD9D #9D9FDF

analogous

#DFBC9D #DFDD9D #C0DF9D

triadic

#DFDD9D #9DDFDD #DD9DDF

tetradic

#DFDD9D #9DDFBC #9D9FDF #DF9DC0

square

#DFDD9D #9DDFBC #9D9FDF #DF9DC0

split-complementary

#DFDD9D #9DC0DF #BC9DDF

monochromatic

#C1BD41 #D0CD6F #DFDD9D #EEEDCB #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DFDD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#DFDD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD9D

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD9D	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.083 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7ba',
    500: '#dfdd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd9d;
$custom-light: #e9e7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 50.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.884,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD9D

secondary

#696BB8

accent

#2CBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD9D

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

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