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#DFCD6C — Yellow

#DFCD6C 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 #DFCD6C 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.

#DFCD6C 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 #6D7EDF; it also sits naturally between #DF956D and #B7DF6D. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFCD6C · RGB 223, 205, 108

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Color values

HEX#DFCD6C
RGB223, 205, 108
HSL51°, 64%, 65%
HSV51°, 52%, 87%
CMYK0%, 8%, 52%, 13%
XYZ54.97, 60.43, 22.95
Yxy60.43, 0.3973, 0.4368
CIE-Lab82.07, -6.15, 50.06
Hunter Lab77.74, -5.76, 33.93

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 80% · Blue 42%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 52% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFCD6C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFCD6C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFCD6C

.text { color: #DFCD6C; }
.background { background-color: #DFCD6C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFCD6C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 205, 108); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 64%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFCD6C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 205, 108, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFCD6C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 205, 108, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFCD6C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFCD6C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFCD6C

#D9C554#D4BD3A#C5AE2B#AB9726#928120#75671A#5C5114#433B0F#2A2509#110F04

Tints of #DFCD6C

#E2D279#E4D686#E7DA92#EADF9F#EEE4B0#F0E8BC#F3EDC9#F6F1D5#F9F5E2#FBF9EE

Tones of #DFCD6C

#D7C875#CFC27D#C7BD85#BEB78E#B6B196#AEAB9E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6D7EDF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.60:1 Fails
Against black text13.09:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFCD6C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFCD6C

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 #DFCD6C: ·

How #DFCD6C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D783Deuteranopia · #D8DA89Tritanopia · #DE969A

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 #DFCD6C rather than the exact color:

Golden Ruby Cascade
#C72B63 · #DA795E · #DBC770 · #BEE581
Vivid Ruby Aurora
#D73C2F · #DB8547 · #E6C96A · #D7E083
Silent Lagoon
#2F36B4 · #857EDD · #D9D36D · #E2DAAB
Radiant Ruby Cinder
#E2D365 · #C5B225 · #9D8C16 · #6E6416
Palette F6f982
#F6F982 · #D9D46F · #FA5862 · #C64272
Palette 4c4b16
#4C4B16 · #898121 · #E6C767 · #F87A53

Similar colors

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

#DBC770#E6C96A#D9D36D#E2D365#D9D46F#E6C767#D6D46D#D8D365#E8C872#E2C16F#D4D167#D8C962

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFCD6B  ·  #DFCD6D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFCD6C?

#DFCD6C is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 205, 108). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFCD6C?

#DFCD6C is RGB 223, 205, 108 — HSL 51°, 64%, 65% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 52%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFCD6C?

Its complement is #6D7EDF; analogous partners are #DF956D and #B7DF6D. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFCD6C for text?

Black text on #DFCD6C has a contrast ratio of 13.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.60:1.