#DFEC9D#DFEC9D

#DFEC9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.102 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFEC9D
RGB	rgb(223, 236, 157)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(70, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.83, -16.57, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.83, 40.48, 114.17°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0447 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.102 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.5127, 78.1137, 43.4653)
Luminance	0.7811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFEC9D #AA9DEC

analogous

#ECD19D #DFEC9D #B8EC9D

triadic

#DFEC9D #9DDFEC #EC9DDF

tetradic

#DFEC9D #9DECD1 #AA9DEC #EC9DB8

square

#DFEC9D #9DECD1 #AA9DEC #EC9DB8

split-complementary

#DFEC9D #9DB8EC #D19DEC

monochromatic

#BED836 #CEE26A #DFEC9D #F0F6D0 #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#DFEC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#DFEC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFEC9D

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFEC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFEC9D	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfec9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 236, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.102 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf2ba',
    500: '#dfec9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfec9d;
$custom-light: #eaf2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfec9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.873,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91512,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFEC9D

secondary

#7565C8

accent

#16CF35

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFEC9D

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

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