#DFDF99#DFDF99

#DFDF99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.090 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDF99
RGB	rgb(223, 223, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.37, -10.61, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.37, 36.00, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0279 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.09 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.5693, 70.7643, 40.4936)
Luminance	0.7076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDF99 #9999DF

analogous

#DFBC99 #DFDF99 #BCDF99

triadic

#DFDF99 #99DFDF #DF99DF

tetradic

#DFDF99 #99DFBC #9999DF #DF99BC

square

#DFDF99 #99DFBC #9999DF #DF99BC

split-complementary

#DFDF99 #99BCDF #BC99DF

monochromatic

#C1C13D #D0D06A #DFDF99 #EEEEC8 #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DFDF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#DFDF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDF99

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDF99	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 223, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.090 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae8b7',
    500: '#dfdf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdf99;
$custom-light: #eae8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88739,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDF99

secondary

#6565B7

accent

#26C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDF99

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

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