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#DFCD68 — Yellow

#DFCD68 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 #DFCD68 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.

#DFCD68 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 #6879DF; it also sits naturally between #DF9168 and #B5DF68. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFCD68 · RGB 223, 205, 104

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Color values

HEX#DFCD68
RGB223, 205, 104
HSL51°, 65%, 64%
HSV51°, 53%, 87%
CMYK0%, 8%, 53%, 13%
XYZ54.76, 60.35, 21.86
Yxy60.35, 0.3998, 0.4406
CIE-Lab82.03, -6.48, 51.91
Hunter Lab77.69, -6.07, 34.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 80% · Blue 41%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 53% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFCD68 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFCD68 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFCD68

.text { color: #DFCD68; }
.background { background-color: #DFCD68; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFCD68; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 205, 104); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 65%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFCD68; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 205, 104, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFCD68; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 205, 104, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFCD68">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFCD68">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFCD68

#DAC54E#D4BC35#C2AB29#A89424#8F7E1E#766819#5D5214#433B0E#2A2509#110F04

Tints of #DFCD68

#E2D174#E4D581#E8DB92#EADF9E#EDE3AB#F0E7B7#F3ECC4#F6F1D5#F9F5E2#FBF9EE

Tones of #DFCD68

#D7C770#CDC179#C5BB81#BDB589#B5AF92#ABA99B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6879DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.61:1 Fails
Against black text13.07:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFCD68: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFCD68

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 #DFCD68: ·

How #DFCD68 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D780Deuteranopia · #D8DA86Tritanopia · #DE9498

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFCD68 rather than the exact color:

Radiant Ruby Cinder
#E2D365 · #C5B225 · #9D8C16 · #6E6416
Vivid Ruby Aurora
#D73C2F · #DB8547 · #E6C96A · #D7E083
Palette 4c4b16
#4C4B16 · #898121 · #E6C767 · #F87A53
Palette 454040
#454040 · #605B51 · #D8D365 · #E6F082
Silent Lagoon
#2F36B4 · #857EDD · #D9D36D · #E2DAAB
Palette E32249
#E32249 · #F17362 · #DDDC92 · #D8C962

Similar colors

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

#E2D365#E6C96A#E6C767#D8D365#D9D36D#D8C962#DBC770#E5C95F#D9D46F#D4D167#D6D46D#D3CD64

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFCD67  ·  #DFCD69 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFCD68?

#DFCD68 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 205, 104). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFCD68?

#DFCD68 is RGB 223, 205, 104 — HSL 51°, 65%, 64% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 53%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFCD68?

Its complement is #6879DF; analogous partners are #DF9168 and #B5DF68. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFCD68 for text?

Black text on #DFCD68 has a contrast ratio of 13.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.61:1.