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#DFD2AF — Light Muted Yellow

#DFD2AF is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #DFD2AF 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.

#DFD2AF is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AFBCDF; it also sits naturally between #DFBAAF and #D4DFAF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFD2AF · RGB 223, 210, 175

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Color values

HEX#DFD2AF
RGB223, 210, 175
HSL44°, 43%, 78%
HSV44°, 22%, 87%
CMYK0%, 6%, 22%, 13%
XYZ61.22, 64.88, 49.85
Yxy64.88, 0.3479, 0.3687
CIE-Lab84.42, -1.05, 18.99
Hunter Lab80.55, -1.01, 15.89

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 82% · Blue 69%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 22% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFD2AF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFD2AF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFD2AF

.text { color: #DFD2AF; }
.background { background-color: #DFD2AF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFD2AF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 210, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 43%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFD2AF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 210, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFD2AF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 210, 175, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFD2AF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFD2AF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFD2AF

#D5C495#C9B478#BFA55F#AF9346#967E3C#7C6831#5F5026#453A1C#282210#0F0C06

Tints of #DFD2AF

#E2D6B6#E5DABD#E6DCC1#E9E0C8#ECE5D0#EFE9D7#F2EDDE#F3EFE2#F6F3E9#F9F7F0

Tones of #DFD2AF

#DCD1B2#D8CFB6#D5CDB9#D1CCBD#CECAC0#CAC8C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFBCDF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.50:1 Fails
Against black text13.98:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFD2AF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFD2AF

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 #DFD2AF: ·

How #DFD2AF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D9B7Deuteranopia · #DADBBATritanopia · #DEBEC0

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFD2AF rather than the exact color:

Palette 9bb4c0
#9BB4C0 · #E1D0B3 · #A18D6D · #703B3B
Palette Cc7351
#CC7351 · #E08F62 · #DED7B1 · #9DAB86
Velvet Ruby
#790D16 · #E5D3AF · #F5EFE1 · #AEC4D4
Palette E0d8b0
#E0D8B0 · #FCFFE7 · #DEA057 · #CE9461
Gentle Opal
#887C2C · #44C2B1 · #A23AB2 · #DCD3B5
Palette Fef9e1
#FEF9E1 · #E5D0AC · #A31D1D · #6D2323

Similar colors

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

#E1D0B3#DED7B1#E5D3AF#E0D8B0#DCD3B5#E5D0AC#DCCCAC#DED0B6#DCD0A8#DAD4B5#E5D7AB#E4D6A9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFD2AE  ·  #DFD2B0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFD2AF?

#DFD2AF is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 210, 175). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFD2AF?

#DFD2AF is RGB 223, 210, 175 — HSL 44°, 43%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 22%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFD2AF?

Its complement is #AFBCDF; analogous partners are #DFBAAF and #D4DFAF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFD2AF for text?

Black text on #DFD2AF has a contrast ratio of 13.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.