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#DFD375 — Light Yellow

#DFD375 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 #DFD375 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.

#DFD375 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 #7783DF; it also sits naturally between #DF9F77 and #B7DF77. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFD375 · RGB 223, 211, 117

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Color values

HEX#DFD375
RGB223, 211, 117
HSL53°, 62%, 67%
HSV53°, 48%, 87%
CMYK0%, 5%, 48%, 13%
XYZ56.94, 63.56, 26.10
Yxy63.56, 0.3884, 0.4336
CIE-Lab83.74, -8.41, 47.73
Hunter Lab79.73, -7.91, 33.29

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 83% · Blue 46%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 48% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFD375 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFD375 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFD375

.text { color: #DFD375; }
.background { background-color: #DFD375; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFD375; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 211, 117); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 62%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFD375; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 211, 117, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFD375; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 211, 117, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFD375">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFD375">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFD375

#D9CB5E#D2C141#C6B52F#AE9E29#958723#786D1C#5F5716#464010#29260A#110F04

Tints of #DFD375

#E2D783#E5DB8F#E8DF9C#EBE3A8#EEE7B5#EFEABD#F2EEC9#F5F2D6#F8F6E2#FBFAEE

Tones of #DFD375

#D7CD7E#D0C786#C8C18D#C2BC94#BAB69C#B2B1A3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7783DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.53:1 Fails
Against black text13.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFD375: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFD375

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 #DFD375: ·

How #DFD375 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADA8CDeuteranopia · #DBDB91Tritanopia · #DE9EA2

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFD375 rather than the exact color:

Palette F6f982
#F6F982 · #D9D46F · #FA5862 · #C64272
Mellow Ruby Mirage
#806C22 · #DBCC79 · #4562CD · #AEB2E2
Amber Ruby
#3E0F8D · #9564DD · #E4DA72 · #EEEEEE
Silent Lagoon
#2F36B4 · #857EDD · #D9D36D · #E2DAAB
Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777
Tranquil Garden
#7B7915 · #E8D87B · #2226C5 · #9F9BE6

Similar colors

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

#D9D46F#DBCC79#E4DA72#D9D36D#E9D777#E8D87B#E3C878#D6D46D#E7D37F#E2D582#DBC770#E2D483

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFD374  ·  #DFD376 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFD375?

#DFD375 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 211, 117). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFD375?

#DFD375 is RGB 223, 211, 117 — HSL 53°, 62%, 67% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 48%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFD375?

Its complement is #7783DF; analogous partners are #DF9F77 and #B7DF77. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFD375 for text?

Black text on #DFD375 has a contrast ratio of 13.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.