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#d7dfab

a light, soft yellow · warm · closest name: Pale Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Meadow Brass

RGB
215, 223, 171
HSL
69°, 45%, 77%
CMYK
4, 0, 23, 13
Luminance
0.7016

#d7dfab is a light soft yellow, 69° on the wheel and 33/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.03:1). As text it scores 1.40:1 on white — use #6F7B2F instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(69 45% 77%)rgb(215 223 171)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d7dfab is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d7dfab
Hue
69°
yellow
Saturation
45%
soft
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7016
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
33/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
15.03:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 5.4
Chroma
27.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.885
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 18.9
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue69° of 360°
Saturation45%
Lightness77%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d7dfab.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool33% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green75%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d7dfab
HEX (8-digit)#d7dfabff
RGBrgb(215, 223, 171)
RGBArgba(215, 223, 171, 1)
HSLhsl(69, 45%, 77%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69, 23%, 87%)
HWBhwb(69 67% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 0%, 23%, 13%)
LABlab(87.1 -11.2 24.6)
LCHlch(87.1 27.1 114.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.885 0.069 114.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(61.76, 70.16, 48.81)
Decimal14147499
Display P3color(display-p3 0.843 0.875 0.671)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d7dfab;
background-color: #d7dfab;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d7dfab;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d7dfab] bg-[#d7dfab]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d7dfab;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.843, green: 0.875, blue: 0.671)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.843, green: 0.875, blue: 0.671, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D7DFAB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD7DFAB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD7DFAB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(171, 223, 215)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(215, 223, 171)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(215, 223, 171)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 215, 223, 171)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8431f, 0.8745f, 0.6706f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{215,223,171}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d7dfab 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d7dfab 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#545C23, #EAEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d7dfab h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9FAF5;
  --brand-100: #F3F5EA;
  --brand-200: #E7EBD1;
  --brand-300: #d7dfab;
  --brand-400: #C5D185;
  --brand-500: #B2C15D;
  --brand-600: #A0B144;
  --brand-700: #869438;
  --brand-800: #6B762D;
  --brand-900: #4F5624;
  --brand-950: #313616;
  --brand: #d7dfab;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E3E8C4;
  --brand-hover: #CBD591;
  --brand-pressed: #BECB77;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #222414;
    --brand-ink: #EAEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FAF5',
        100: '#F3F5EA',
        200: '#E7EBD1',
        300: '#d7dfab',
        400: '#C5D185',
        500: '#B2C15D',
        600: '#A0B144',
        700: '#869438',
        800: '#6B762D',
        900: '#4F5624',
        950: '#313616',
        DEFAULT: '#d7dfab',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FAF5,
  '100': #F3F5EA,
  '200': #E7EBD1,
  '300': #d7dfab,
  '400': #C5D185,
  '500': #B2C15D,
  '600': #A0B144,
  '700': #869438,
  '800': #6B762D,
  '900': #4F5624,
  '950': #313616,
);
$brand-base: #d7dfab;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3F5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7EBD1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d7dfab", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C5D185", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B2C15D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A0B144", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#869438", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6B762D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4F5624", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#313616", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d7dfab · 15.03:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.40:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.03:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d7dfab as text scores 1.40:1 on white and 15.03:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #545C23 at 5.13:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#6F7B2F · 4.62:1
AA on white−44% L
#6F7B2F
The quick fox
#555D24 · 7.05:1
AAA on white−52% L
#555D24
The quick fox
#d7dfab · 15.03:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d7dfab
The quick fox
#d7dfab · 15.03:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d7dfab

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8D9C3C is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d7dfab on white: 1.40:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d7dfab on black: 15.03:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d7dfab as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d7dfab.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.40:1AaAa
Slate 501.34:1AaAa
Slate 1001.28:1AaAa
Slate 2001.13:1AaAa
Slate 3001.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.84:1AaAa
Slate 5003.41:1AaAa
Slate 6005.42:1AaAa
Slate 7007.41:1AaAa
Slate 80010.47:1AaAa
Slate 90012.78:1AaAa
Black15.03:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E7DAA8
deuteranopia · #E6DBAD
tritanopia · #DDD9D1

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d7dfab is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9FAF5
#F3F5EA
#E7EBD1
#d7dfab
#C5D185
#B2C15D
#A0B144
#869438
#6B762D
#4F5624
#313616
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F9FAF5Darkest = 950 · #313616Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.017 114.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.028 114.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.041 114.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.054 114.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.063 114.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.069 114.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.069 114.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.065 114.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.058 114.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.048 114.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.038 114.9);
}

Colors that work with #d7dfab

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E3E8C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8F9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#353E97
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#545C23
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6F8ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#222414
Dark-mode background
Hover#CBD591
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BECB77
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E1E9B5
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d7dfab

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #545C23
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8D9C3C

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight23/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#B3ABDF
Analogous left#DFCDAB
Analogous right#BDDFAB
Split-complement 1#ABBDDF
Split-complement 2#CDABDF
Triadic 1#ABD7DF
Triadic 2#DFABD7
Tetradic#ABDFCD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°69°

#d7dfab sits at 69°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red84.3%
Green87.5%
Blue67.1%
R · 0–255
215
0xd7
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
171
0xab

CMYK percentages

Cyan3.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow23.3%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 39%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d7dfab text on a black background

contrast 15.03:1

Card sample

#d7dfab text on a white background

contrast 1.40:1

Card sample

#d7dfab on grey

1.28:1

#d7dfab on its own surface

1.33:1

#d7dfab on its dark surface

11.30:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d7dfab;
Background color
Panel with #d7dfab background
background-color: #d7dfab;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d7dfab;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(215, 223, 171, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(215, 223, 171, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d7dfab;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d7dfab, #B5DFAB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7dfab, #ABDFAF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d7dfab;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d7dfab;
caret-color: #d7dfab;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d7dfab;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6F8ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d7dfab;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d7dfab 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d7dfab over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(215, 223, 171, 0.5)
rgb(215 223 171 / 50%)
#d7dfab80
hsl(69 45% 77% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d7dfab 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d7dfab1a#FBFCF7
20%#d7dfab33#F7F9EE
40%#d7dfab66#EFF2DD
60%#d7dfab99#E7ECCD
80%#d7dfabcc#DFE5BC

Gradients from #d7dfab

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ECF0D7, #d7dfab 45%, #545C23);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d7dfab, #9BD795);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7dfab, #B3ABDF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7F8EE 0%, #d7dfab 45%, #545C23 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EDE1D0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CBE7C1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #545C23 0%, transparent 65%), #d7dfab;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d7dfab

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d7dfab in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 15.03:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d7dfab, answered

What color is #d7dfab?

#d7dfab is a light soft yellow, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 5.4). It sits at 69° on the hue wheel with 45% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d7dfab?

rgb(215, 223, 171) — 215 red, 223 green and 171 blue out of 255, or 84.3% / 87.5% / 67.1% by channel.

What is #d7dfab in HSL and HSV?

hsl(69, 45%, 77%) and hsv(69, 23%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d7dfab a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7016 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 15.03:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d7dfab?

Black. It scores 15.03:1 against #d7dfab, versus 1.40:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d7dfab accessible on a white background?

#d7dfab on white scores 1.40:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6F7B2F to reach 4.5:1, or #555D24 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d7dfab?

#B3ABDF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #ABBDDF and #CDABDF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d7dfab?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E3E8C4 for borders, #8F9B4B for secondary text, #353E97 as an accent and #545C23 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DFCDAB and #BDDFAB stays calm, while #B3ABDF is the loudest partner.

What is #d7dfab in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(4%, 0%, 23%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d7dfab warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 33 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DFD4AB; nudged cooler, #C4E0AA.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d7dfab?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 18.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d7dfab as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d7dfab in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d7dfab] or text-[#d7dfab], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d7dfab with 50% opacity?

rgba(215, 223, 171, 0.5), or #d7dfab80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EBEFD5; over black, #6C7056.

Is #d7dfab a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 4.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d7dfab mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #d7dfab?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #ECF0D7, #d7dfab 45%, #545C23). For more colour, a short hue run to #9BD795 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d7dfab in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d7dfab at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.