Palettes / Colors / #DFD079

#DFD079 — Light Yellow

#DFD079 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #DFD079 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.

#DFD079 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 #7887DE; it also sits naturally between #DE9B78 and #BADE78. 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 82% · Blue 47%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 46% · Key 13%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DFD079

.text { color: #DFD079; }
.background { background-color: #DFD079; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFD079; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 208, 121); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 61%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFD079; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 208, 121, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFD079; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 208, 121, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFD079">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFD079">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #7887DE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DFD079: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFD079

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 #DFD079 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 #DFD079 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

← #DFD078  ·  #DFD07A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFD079?

#DFD079 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 208, 121). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFD079?

#DFD079 is RGB 223, 208, 121 — HSL 51°, 61%, 67% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 46%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFD079?

Its complement is #7887DE; analogous partners are #DE9B78 and #BADE78. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFD079 for text?

Black text on #DFD079 has a contrast ratio of 13.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.56:1.