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#DFD08E — Light Yellow

#DFD08E 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 #DFD08E 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.

#DFD08E 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 #909EE0; it also sits naturally between #E0A990 and #C6E090. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFD08E · RGB 223, 208, 142

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Color values

HEX#DFD08E
RGB223, 208, 142
HSL49°, 56%, 72%
HSV49°, 36%, 87%
CMYK0%, 7%, 36%, 13%
XYZ57.87, 62.75, 34.65
Yxy62.75, 0.3727, 0.4041
CIE-Lab83.31, -4.29, 34.68
Hunter Lab79.22, -4.06, 26.17

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 82% · Blue 56%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 36% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFD08E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFD08E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFD08E

.text { color: #DFD08E; }
.background { background-color: #DFD08E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFD08E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 208, 142); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(49, 56%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFD08E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 208, 142, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFD08E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 208, 142, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFD08E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFD08E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFD08E

#D8C574#D0BA58#C9B040#B39B32#97832B#7B6B23#5F531B#483E14#2C260C#100E04

Tints of #DFD08E

#E2D498#E5D9A4#E7DCAB#EBE1B7#EDE5BF#EFE8C7#F3EDD3#F5F0DB#F8F5E7#FBF8EF

Tones of #DFD08E

#DACD95#D4CA9B#CEC6A1#C9C2A6#C3BFAC#BDBBB2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #909EE0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #DFD08E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFD08E

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 #DFD08E: ·

How #DFD08E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D89EDeuteranopia · #D9DBA2Tritanopia · #DEABAD

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFD08E rather than the exact color:

Palette 85603f
#85603F · #9E7540 · #BD9354 · #E3D18A
Ruby Breeze
#D9D28B · #B2BD7E · #8E9162 · #6A795D
Vivid Ruby Cinder
#DD7896 · #DB6239 · #E4D289 · #BAE46C
Palette E5cb90
#E5CB90 · #FFF3C8 · #34A99D · #458393
Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A
Palette 706233
#706233 · #B0926A · #E1C78F · #FAE7C9

Similar colors

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

#E3D18A#D9D28B#E4D289#E5CB90#DBCC95#E1C78F#DDD894#DACC96#D4CC8E#DAD887#E2D483#EAD68F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFD08D  ·  #DFD08F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFD08E?

#DFD08E is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 208, 142). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFD08E?

#DFD08E is RGB 223, 208, 142 — HSL 49°, 56%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 36%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFD08E?

Its complement is #909EE0; analogous partners are #E0A990 and #C6E090. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFD08E for text?

Black text on #DFD08E has a contrast ratio of 13.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.