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#DDBFAC — Light Muted Brown

#DDBFAC is a brown color we call Light Muted Brown, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #DDBFAC 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.

#DDBFAC is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ACCADD; it also sits naturally between #DDACB1 and #DDD7AC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DDBFAC · RGB 221, 191, 172

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Color values

HEX#DDBFAC
RGB221, 191, 172
HSL23°, 42%, 77%
HSV23°, 22%, 87%
CMYK0%, 14%, 22%, 13%
XYZ55.90, 55.61, 46.82
Yxy55.61, 0.3530, 0.3513
CIE-Lab79.39, 7.73, 13.52
Hunter Lab74.57, 7.39, 11.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 75% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 22% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DDBFAC

.text { color: #DDBFAC; }
.background { background-color: #DDBFAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DDBFAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(221, 191, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(23, 42%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DDBFAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(221, 191, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DDBFAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(221, 191, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DDBFAC

#D3AB92#C79575#BC815C#AE6E47#945E3D#774C31#5E3C26#452C1C#281910#0E0906

Tints of #DDBFAC

#E0C4B3#E3CABA#E6CFC1#E9D5C9#ECDBD0#EDDDD4#F0E3DB#F3E9E2#F6EEE9#F9F4F1

Tones of #DDBFAC

#D9BFAF#D6C0B3#D2C1B6#CFC2BA#CBC3BD#C8C4C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACCADD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.73:1 Fails
Against black text12.12:1 AAA

Best text color on #DDBFAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DDBFAC

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 #DDBFAC: ·

How #DDBFAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0D0B1Deuteranopia · #D2D4B2Tritanopia · #DCB4B5

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 810b38
#810B38 · #F1E2D1 · #DCC3AA · #541A1A
Palette B7c4cf
#B7C4CF · #EEE3CB · #D7C0AE · #967E76
Palette 9babb8
#9BABB8 · #EEE3CB · #D7C0AE · #967E76
Palette Bbdce5
#BBDCE5 · #ECEEDF · #D9C4B0 · #CFAB8D
Palette Faf7f3
#FAF7F3 · #F0E4D3 · #DCC5B2 · #D9A299
Palette Ffbe98
#FFBE98 · #FEECE2 · #F7DED0 · #E2BFB3

Similar colors

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

#DCC3AA#D7C0AE#D9C4B0#DCC5B2#E2BFB3#DEB6AB#D4BDAC#DAC0A3#D6C0B3#E5C3A6#D6C7AE#D8C9A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DDBFAB  ·  #DDBFAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DDBFAC?

#DDBFAC is Light Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 221, 191, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DDBFAC?

#DDBFAC is RGB 221, 191, 172 — HSL 23°, 42%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 14%, 22%, 13%.

What colors go with #DDBFAC?

Its complement is #ACCADD; analogous partners are #DDACB1 and #DDD7AC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DDBFAC for text?

Black text on #DDBFAC has a contrast ratio of 12.12:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.73:1.