A display element, comprising: an organic light emitting diode (OLED) having a top surface comprising a diffusely reflective emissive region and an adjacent diffusely reflective inactive region; and an antireflection stack adjacent to and separated from the top surface, comprising: an absorptive polarizer disposed adjacent the top surface; a reflective polarizer disposed between the top surface and the absorptive polarizer, wherein the reflective polarizer is in contact with the absorptive polarizer, and wherein the reflective polarizer is selected from polymeric multilayer optical films and continuous/disperse phase polarizers, the fast axis of the absorptive polarizer and the reflective polarizer being in alignment; a quarter-wave retarder disposed between the top surface and the reflective polarizer, the fast axis of the quarter-wave retarder aligned at an angle to the fast axis of the polarizers; and a diffuse element between the quarter-wave retarder and the reflective polarizer, wherein the diffuse element comprises a low index layer adjacent to the quarter-wave retarder and a high index layer adjacent to the reflective polarizer, and wherein an interface between the high index layer and the low index layer have a Gaussian distribution of surface normals with a standard deviation between 1 and 40 degrees. an organic light emitting diode (OLED) having a top surface comprising a diffusely reflective emissive region and an adjacent diffusely reflective inactive region; and an antireflection stack adjacent to and separated from the top surface, comprising: an absorptive polarizer disposed adjacent the top surface; a reflective polarizer disposed between the top surface and the absorptive polarizer, wherein the reflective polarizer is in contact with the absorptive polarizer, and wherein the reflective polarizer is selected from polymeric multilayer optical films and continuous/disperse phase polarizers, the fast axis of the absorptive polarizer and the reflective polarizer being in alignment; a quarter-wave retarder disposed between the top surface and the reflective polarizer, the fast axis of the quarter-wave retarder aligned at an angle to the fast axis of the polarizers; and a diffuse element between the quarter-wave retarder and the reflective polarizer, wherein the diffuse element comprises a low index layer adjacent to the quarter-wave retarder and a high index layer adjacent to the reflective polarizer, and wherein an interface between the high index layer and the low index layer have a Gaussian distribution of surface normals with a standard deviation between 1 and 40 degrees. an absorptive polarizer disposed adjacent the top surface; a reflective polarizer disposed between the top surface and the absorptive polarizer, wherein the reflective polarizer is in contact with the absorptive polarizer, and wherein the reflective polarizer is selected from polymeric multilayer optical films and continuous/disperse phase polarizers, the fast axis of the absorptive polarizer and the reflective polarizer being in alignment; a quarter-wave retarder disposed between the top surface and the reflective polarizer, the fast axis of the quarter-wave retarder aligned at an angle to the fast axis of the polarizers; and a diffuse element between the quarter-wave retarder and the reflective polarizer, wherein the diffuse element comprises a low index layer adjacent to the quarter-wave retarder and a high index layer adjacent to the reflective polarizer, and wherein an interface between the high index layer and the low index layer have a Gaussian distribution of surface normals with a standard deviation between 1 and 40 degrees.