Palettes / Colors / #DFBD68

#DFBD68 — Yellow

#DFBD68 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #DFBD68 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.

#DFBD68 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #6889DF; it also sits naturally between #DF8168 and #C5DF68. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 74% · Blue 41%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 53% · Key 13%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DFBD68

.text { color: #DFBD68; }
.background { background-color: #DFBD68; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFBD68; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 189, 104); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 65%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFBD68; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 189, 104, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFBD68; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 189, 104, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFBD68">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFBD68">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFBD68

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Tones of #DFBD68

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6889DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DFBD68: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFBD68

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:

How #DFBD68 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFBD68 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFBD67  ·  #DFBD69 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFBD68?

#DFBD68 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 189, 104). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFBD68?

#DFBD68 is RGB 223, 189, 104 — HSL 43°, 65%, 64% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 53%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFBD68?

Its complement is #6889DF; analogous partners are #DF8168 and #C5DF68. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFBD68 for text?

Black text on #DFBD68 has a contrast ratio of 11.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.81:1.