#DFDEB5#DFDEB5

#DFDEB5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.054 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDEB5
RGB	rgb(223, 222, 181)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(59, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 18.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -6.34, 20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 21.26, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0152 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.054 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.8927, 71.2675, 54.0445)
Luminance	0.7127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDEB5 #B5B6DF

analogous

#DFC9B5 #DFDEB5 #CBDFB5

triadic

#DFDEB5 #B5DFDE #DEB5DF

tetradic

#DFDEB5 #B5DFC9 #B5B6DF #DFB5CB

square

#DFDEB5 #B5DFC9 #B5B6DF #DFB5CB

split-complementary

#DFDEB5 #B5CBDF #C9B5DF

monochromatic

#BAB860 #CDCB8A #DFDEB5 #F1F1E0 #F6F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DFDEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#DFDEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDEB5

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDEB5	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DDB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 222, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.054 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8cb',
    500: '#dfdeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdeb5;
$custom-light: #e9e8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89098,
    "c": 0.05411,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDEB5

secondary

#8182B8

accent

#36B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDEB5

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

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