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#DFCA98 — Light Muted Yellow

#DFCA98 is a yellow color we call Light Muted 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 #DFCA98 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.

#DFCA98 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 #9AAFE0; it also sits naturally between #E0A89A and #D2E09A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFCA98 · RGB 223, 202, 152

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Color values

HEX#DFCA98
RGB223, 202, 152
HSL42°, 53%, 74%
HSV42°, 32%, 87%
CMYK0%, 9%, 32%, 13%
XYZ57.22, 60.20, 38.31
Yxy60.20, 0.3674, 0.3866
CIE-Lab81.94, 0.01, 27.68
Hunter Lab77.59, 0.01, 21.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 79% · Blue 60%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 32% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFCA98 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFCA98 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFCA98

.text { color: #DFCA98; }
.background { background-color: #DFCA98; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFCA98; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 202, 152); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 53%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFCA98; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 202, 152, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFCA98; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 202, 152, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFCA98">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFCA98">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFCA98

#D7BD7E#CFAF63#C7A148#B38E37#98792F#7D6326#624D1E#463816#2B220D#100C05

Tints of #DFCA98

#E2CFA1#E5D3A9#E8D9B5#EBDDBD#EDE1C4#EFE5CC#F2E9D4#F5EFE0#F8F3E8#FAF7EF

Tones of #DFCA98

#DBC99F#D6C7A4#D1C5A9#CCC3AD#C7C1B3#C2BFB7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9AAFE0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.61:1 Fails
Against black text13.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFCA98: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFCA98

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 #DFCA98: ·

How #DFCA98 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D6D6A4Deuteranopia · #D7D9A7Tritanopia · #DEAEB0

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFCA98 rather than the exact color:

Palette 9a3b3b
#9A3B3B · #C08261 · #E2C799 · #F2ECBE
Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A
Palette 632626
#632626 · #9D5353 · #BF8B67 · #DACC96
Palette E4c59e
#E4C59E · #AF8260 · #803D3B · #322C2B
Palette 001524
#001524 · #445D48 · #D6CC99 · #FDE5D4
Palette 706233
#706233 · #B0926A · #E1C78F · #FAE7C9

Similar colors

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

#E2C799#DBCC95#DACC96#E4C59E#D6CC99#E1C78F#E5CB90#E0C097#E7C89E#D7C398#EAC696#E9C891

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFCA97  ·  #DFCA99 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFCA98?

#DFCA98 is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 202, 152). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFCA98?

#DFCA98 is RGB 223, 202, 152 — HSL 42°, 53%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 32%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFCA98?

Its complement is #9AAFE0; analogous partners are #E0A89A and #D2E09A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFCA98 for text?

Black text on #DFCA98 has a contrast ratio of 13.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.61:1.