#DFE8A9#DFE8A9

#DFE8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.082 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE8A9
RGB	rgb(223, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(69, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 27.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.98, -13.06, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.98, 32.47, 113.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0343 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.082 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.4492, 76.2663, 48.7487)
Luminance	0.7627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE8A9 #B2A9E8

analogous

#E8D1A9 #DFE8A9 #BFE8A9

triadic

#DFE8A9 #A9DFE8 #E8A9DF

tetradic

#DFE8A9 #A9E8D1 #B2A9E8 #E8A9BF

square

#DFE8A9 #A9E8D1 #B2A9E8 #E8A9BF

split-complementary

#DFE8A9 #A9BFE8 #D1A9E8

monochromatic

#BBCE48 #CDDB79 #DFE8A9 #F1F5D9 #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DFE8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#DFE8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE8A9

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE8A9	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.082 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9efc3',
    500: '#dfe8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe8a9;
$custom-light: #e9efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90901,
    "c": 0.08225,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE8A9

secondary

#7E72C3

accent

#20C538

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE8A9

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

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