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#DCDFB3 — Light Muted Yellow

#DCDFB3 is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #DCDFB3 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DCDFB3 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #B6B3DF; it also sits naturally between #DFCCB3 and #C7DFB3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCDFB3 · RGB 220, 223, 179

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Color values

HEX#DCDFB3
RGB220, 223, 179
HSL64°, 41%, 79%
HSV64°, 20%, 87%
CMYK1%, 0%, 20%, 13%
XYZ64.04, 71.25, 53.02
Yxy71.25, 0.3401, 0.3783
CIE-Lab87.60, -8.23, 21.28
Hunter Lab84.41, -7.90, 17.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 87% · Blue 70%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 20% · Key 13%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DCDFB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DCDFB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DCDFB3

.text { color: #DCDFB3; }
.background { background-color: #DCDFB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCDFB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 223, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 41%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCDFB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 223, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCDFB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 223, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCDFB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCDFB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DCDFB3

#D1D59A#C4C97E#B8BE64#A9B04A#91973F#767A33#5D6129#42441D#292B12#0E0E06

Tints of #DCDFB3

#E0E2BB#E1E4BE#E5E7C5#E8EACD#EBEDD4#EDEED7#F0F1DF#F3F4E6#F5F6E9#F8F9F1

Tones of #DCDFB3

#DADCB7#D7D9BA#D4D6BD#D2D3C0#CFD0C3#CCCDC6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B6B3DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.38:1 Fails
Against black text15.25:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCDFB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCDFB3

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DCDFB3: ·

How #DCDFB3 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #DDDDBEDeuteranopia · #DDDDC0Tritanopia · #DCC6C8

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DCDFB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Daddb1
#DADDB1 · #B3A492 · #BFB29E · #D6C7AE
Palette Ccd6a6
#CCD6A6 · #DAE2B6 · #F4EAD5 · #FFFBE9
Palette Ccd6a6
#CCD6A6 · #DAE2B6 · #DFE8CC · #F7EDDB
Palette E43636
#E43636 · #F6EFD2 · #E2DDB4 · #000000
Mellow Ruby Solace
#25246C · #8A82D6 · #B8BB3D · #D5DFB3
Palette 021526
#021526 · #03346E · #6EACDA · #E2E2B6

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#DADDB1#DAE2B6#E2DDB4#D5DFB3#E2E2B6#E0E5B6#DDDEAB#E4DFB5#DED7B1#DCE2BB#E0D8B0#E1DFBA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCDFB2  ·  #DCDFB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCDFB3?

#DCDFB3 is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 220, 223, 179). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCDFB3?

#DCDFB3 is RGB 220, 223, 179 — HSL 64°, 41%, 79% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 20%, 13%.

What colors go with #DCDFB3?

Its complement is #B6B3DF; analogous partners are #DFCCB3 and #C7DFB3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCDFB3 for text?

Black text on #DCDFB3 has a contrast ratio of 15.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.38:1.