#DFDEC9#DFDEC9

#DFDEC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.028 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDEC9
RGB	rgb(223, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(57, 26%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(57, 10%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 9.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -3.25, 10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 10.92, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0071 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.028 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.0941, 72.1480, 65.6384)
Luminance	0.7215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDEC9 #C9CADF

analogous

#DFD3C9 #DFDEC9 #D5DFC9

triadic

#DFDEC9 #C9DFDE #DEC9DF

tetradic

#DFDEC9 #C9DFD3 #C9CADF #DFC9D5

square

#DFDEC9 #C9DFD3 #C9CADF #DFC9D5

split-complementary

#DFDEC9 #C9D5DF #D3C9DF

monochromatic

#B1AF7C #C8C7A3 #DFDEC9 #F4F3EC #F4F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DFDEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#DFDEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDEC9

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDEC9	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2DCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3DDCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.028 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8d9',
    500: '#dfdec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdec9;
$custom-light: #e9e8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 25.581,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89573,
    "c": 0.02809,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDEC9

secondary

#9698B6

accent

#46A441

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDEC9

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

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