#DFDEAD#DFDEAD

#DFDEAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.064 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDEAD
RGB	rgb(223, 222, 173)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(59, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 22.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -7.49, 24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 25.37, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0184 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.064 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0953, 70.9485, 49.8450)
Luminance	0.7095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDEAD #ADAEDF

analogous

#DFC5AD #DFDEAD #C7DFAD

triadic

#DFDEAD #ADDFDE #DEADDF

tetradic

#DFDEAD #ADDFC5 #ADAEDF #DFADC7

square

#DFDEAD #ADDFC5 #ADAEDF #DFADC7

split-complementary

#DFDEAD #ADC7DF #C5ADDF

monochromatic

#BDBB55 #CECC81 #DFDEAD #F0F0D9 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DFDEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#DFDEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDEAD

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDEAD	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7DAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 222, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.064 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8c5',
    500: '#dfdead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdead;
$custom-light: #e9e8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88924,
    "c": 0.06425,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDEAD

secondary

#797AB8

accent

#31B72F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDEAD

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

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