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#DFAFA2 — Light Muted Brown

#DFAFA2 is a brown color we call Light Muted Brown, closest to the named color Tan (#D2B48C). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tan (#D2B48C) — not an exact match. CSS tan gives you #D2B48C, a different color; use #DFAFA2 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.

#DFAFA2 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 #A0D1DE; it also sits naturally between #DEA0B2 and #DECDA0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFAFA2 · RGB 223, 175, 162

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Color values

HEX#DFAFA2
RGB223, 175, 162
HSL13°, 49%, 75%
HSV13°, 27%, 87%
CMYK0%, 22%, 27%, 13%
XYZ52.28, 48.96, 40.88
Yxy48.96, 0.3679, 0.3445
CIE-Lab75.42, 15.61, 13.35
Hunter Lab69.97, 14.91, 10.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 69% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 27% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFAFA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFAFA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFAFA2

.text { color: #DFAFA2; }
.background { background-color: #DFAFA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFAFA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 175, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(13, 49%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFAFA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 175, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFAFA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 175, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFAFA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFAFA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFAFA2

#D59785#CC806B#C36950#B3573D#984A34#7A3B2A#5F2E21#442117#2A140E#0F0705

Tints of #DFAFA2

#E1B4A8#E4BBAF#E6C1B7#E9C8BE#EDD1CA#EFD8D1#F2DED9#F5E5E1#F7EBE8#FAF2F0

Tones of #DFAFA2

#DAB0A4#D6B3A9#D1B5AD#CDB8B2#C8BAB6#C4BDBB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A0D1DE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.95:1 Fails
Against black text10.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFAFA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFAFA2

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 #DFAFA2: ·

How #DFAFA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CACAA5Deuteranopia · #CDD1A6Tritanopia · #DDA8A8

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFAFA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 49243e
#49243E · #704264 · #BB8493 · #DBAFA0
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
Palette Ffeddb
#FFEDDB · #EDCDBB · #E3B7A0 · #BF9270
Palette 3291b6
#3291B6 · #BB8ED0 · #E0A8A8 · #F1E2E2
Palette 402218
#402218 · #865439 · #C68B59 · #D7B19D
Palette 999b84
#999B84 · #D8AC9C · #EFD9D1 · #F4EEED

Similar colors

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

#DBAFA0#DDAEA7#E3B7A0#E0A8A8#D7B19D#D8AC9C#D8B6A4#E2B59A#E1ACAC#E7B3A8#E5B299#EAB1A3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFAFA1  ·  #DFAFA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFAFA2?

#DFAFA2 is Light Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 223, 175, 162). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFAFA2?

#DFAFA2 is RGB 223, 175, 162 — HSL 13°, 49%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 27%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFAFA2?

Its complement is #A0D1DE; analogous partners are #DEA0B2 and #DECDA0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFAFA2 for text?

Black text on #DFAFA2 has a contrast ratio of 10.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.95:1.