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#DFD065 — Yellow

#DFD065 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 #DFD065 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.

#DFD065 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 #6775E0; it also sits naturally between #E09567 and #B1E067. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFD065 · RGB 223, 208, 101

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Color values

HEX#DFD065
RGB223, 208, 101
HSL53°, 66%, 64%
HSV53°, 55%, 87%
CMYK0%, 7%, 55%, 13%
XYZ55.34, 61.74, 21.31
Yxy61.74, 0.3999, 0.4461
CIE-Lab82.77, -8.25, 54.18
Hunter Lab78.57, -7.72, 35.98

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 82% · Blue 40%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 55% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFD065 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFD065 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFD065

.text { color: #DFD065; }
.background { background-color: #DFD065; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFD065; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 208, 101); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 66%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFD065; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 208, 101, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFD065; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 208, 101, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFD065">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFD065">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFD065

#DBCA4D#D5C334#C3B128#A99A23#90831D#776C18#5D5413#443D0E#2A2609#110F03

Tints of #DFD065

#E2D573#E5D980#E8DE91#EBE29E#EEE6AA#F0EAB7#F3EDC4#F6F2D5#F9F6E1#FCFAEE

Tones of #DFD065

#D8CB6F#CEC478#C6BE80#BDB789#B5B192#ABAA9B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6775E0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.57:1 Fails
Against black text13.35:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFD065: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFD065

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 #DFD065: ·

How #DFD065 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D87FDeuteranopia · #D9DB85Tritanopia · #DE9398

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 #DFD065 rather than the exact color:

Radiant Ruby Cinder
#E2D365 · #C5B225 · #9D8C16 · #6E6416
Palette 454040
#454040 · #605B51 · #D8D365 · #E6F082
Palette E32249
#E32249 · #F17362 · #DDDC92 · #D8C962
Silent Lagoon
#2F36B4 · #857EDD · #D9D36D · #E2DAAB
Palette 41a67e
#41A67E · #05339C · #1055C9 · #E5C95F
Vivid Ruby Aurora
#D73C2F · #DB8547 · #E6C96A · #D7E083

Similar colors

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

#E2D365#D8D365#D8C962#D9D36D#E5C95F#E6C96A#D4D167#E6C767#D9D46F#D3CD64#D6D46D#E9CD5C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFD064  ·  #DFD066 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFD065?

#DFD065 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 208, 101). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFD065?

#DFD065 is RGB 223, 208, 101 — HSL 53°, 66%, 64% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 55%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFD065?

Its complement is #6775E0; analogous partners are #E09567 and #B1E067. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFD065 for text?

Black text on #DFD065 has a contrast ratio of 13.35:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.57:1.