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#DFD087 — Light Yellow

#DFD087 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 #DFD087 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.

#DFD087 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 #8695DF; it also sits naturally between #DFA486 and #C1DF86. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFD087 · RGB 223, 208, 135

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Color values

HEX#DFD087
RGB223, 208, 135
HSL50°, 58%, 70%
HSV50°, 39%, 87%
CMYK0%, 7%, 39%, 13%
XYZ57.36, 62.55, 31.97
Yxy62.55, 0.3777, 0.4118
CIE-Lab83.20, -5.07, 38.11
Hunter Lab79.09, -4.79, 28.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 82% · Blue 53%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 39% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFD087 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFD087 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFD087

.text { color: #DFD087; }
.background { background-color: #DFD087; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFD087; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 208, 135); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(50, 58%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFD087; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 208, 135, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFD087; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 208, 135, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFD087">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFD087">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFD087

#D7C56A#D1BC52#C9B136#B19C2F#958328#796A20#61551A#443C12#2C270C#100E04

Tints of #DFD087

#E2D592#E4D89A#E7DDA6#EAE0AE#EDE4BB#F0E9C7#F2ECCF#F5F1DB#F8F4E3#FBF9EF

Tones of #DFD087

#D9CC8C#D2C793#CCC399#C6BF9F#C0BBA5#B9B7AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8695DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.51:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFD087: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFD087

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 #DFD087: ·

How #DFD087 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D899Deuteranopia · #D9DB9DTritanopia · #DEA7AA

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFD087 rather than the exact color:

Palette 85603f
#85603F · #9E7540 · #BD9354 · #E3D18A
Vivid Ruby Cinder
#DD7896 · #DB6239 · #E4D289 · #BAE46C
Honey Ember
#E2D483 · #DAC652 · #908028 · #484014
Ruby Breeze
#D9D28B · #B2BD7E · #8E9162 · #6A795D
Palette F0f0f0
#F0F0F0 · #213555 · #4F709C · #E5D283
Frozen Meadow
#A8A828 · #E2D582 · #6564DA · #CCCAEE

Similar colors

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

#E3D18A#E4D289#E2D483#D9D28B#E5D283#E2D582#E5CD82#E3D885#E7D283#DAD887#E9D484#E7D37F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFD086  ·  #DFD088 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFD087?

#DFD087 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 208, 135). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFD087?

#DFD087 is RGB 223, 208, 135 — HSL 50°, 58%, 70% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 39%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFD087?

Its complement is #8695DF; analogous partners are #DFA486 and #C1DF86. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFD087 for text?

Black text on #DFD087 has a contrast ratio of 13.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.