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#DEDFA6 — Light Muted Yellow

#DEDFA6 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 #DEDFA6 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.

#DEDFA6 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. 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 #A6A5DF; it also sits naturally between #DFC3A5 and #C1DFA5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DEDFA6 · RGB 222, 223, 166

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Color values

HEX#DEDFA6
RGB222, 223, 166
HSL61°, 47%, 76%
HSV61°, 26%, 87%
CMYK0%, 0%, 26%, 13%
XYZ63.39, 71.06, 46.45
Yxy71.06, 0.3504, 0.3928
CIE-Lab87.51, -9.32, 27.91
Hunter Lab84.30, -8.91, 22.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 87% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DEDFA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DEDFA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DEDFA6

.text { color: #DEDFA6; }
.background { background-color: #DEDFA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEDFA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 223, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 47%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEDFA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 223, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEDFA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 223, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DEDFA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DEDFA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DEDFA6

#D4D58B#CACC71#BFC153#AEB040#949636#7A7C2D#606123#434318#29290F#0F0F05

Tints of #DEDFA6

#E0E1AD#E3E4B4#E6E7BC#E9E9C3#ECECCB#EEEFD2#F1F1DA#F4F4E1#F7F7E9#F9FAF0

Tones of #DEDFA6

#D9DAA9#D6D7AD#D2D2B1#CECEB6#C9CABA#C6C6BE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A6A5DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.38:1 Fails
Against black text15.21:1 AAA

Best text color on #DEDFA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEDFA6

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 #DEDFA6: ·

How #DEDFA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DEDEB4Deuteranopia · #DEDEB7Tritanopia · #DEBFC1

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 #DEDFA6 rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Aurora
#E2DFA6 · #D4CF81 · #C0B949 · #B3AA2E
Palette Fcfaef
#FCFAEF · #E2E0A5 · #D3504A · #A63636
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #DBDFAA · #B3C890 · #73A9AD
Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Palette 932f67
#932F67 · #D92C54 · #DDDEAB · #8ABB6C
Silent Lagoon
#2F36B4 · #857EDD · #D9D36D · #E2DAAB

Similar colors

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

#E2DFA6#E2E0A5#DBDFAA#E2DEA9#DDDEAB#E2DAAB#D9E6A4#E6E5A3#D6E4AB#E6D9A2#DCE7AD#E8E2AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEDFA5  ·  #DEDFA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEDFA6?

#DEDFA6 is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 222, 223, 166). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEDFA6?

#DEDFA6 is RGB 222, 223, 166 — HSL 61°, 47%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 26%, 13%.

What colors go with #DEDFA6?

Its complement is #A6A5DF; analogous partners are #DFC3A5 and #C1DFA5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEDFA6 for text?

Black text on #DEDFA6 has a contrast ratio of 15.21:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.38:1.