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#DFD4B3 — Light Muted Yellow

#DFD4B3 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 #DFD4B3 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.

#DFD4B3 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 #B3BEDF; it also sits naturally between #DFBEB3 and #D4DFB3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFD4B3 · RGB 223, 212, 179

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Color values

HEX#DFD4B3
RGB223, 212, 179
HSL45°, 41%, 79%
HSV45°, 20%, 87%
CMYK0%, 5%, 20%, 13%
XYZ62.11, 66.03, 52.12
Yxy66.03, 0.3446, 0.3663
CIE-Lab85.01, -1.50, 17.71
Hunter Lab81.26, -1.45, 14.98

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 83% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 20% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFD4B3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFD4B3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFD4B3

.text { color: #DFD4B3; }
.background { background-color: #DFD4B3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFD4B3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 212, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(45, 41%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFD4B3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 212, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFD4B3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 212, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFD4B3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFD4B3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFD4B3

#D5C69A#C9B67E#BEA864#B0974A#97813F#7A6833#615329#443A1D#2B2512#0E0C06

Tints of #DFD4B3

#E2D8BB#E4DBBE#E7DFC5#EAE3CD#EDE7D4#EEE9D7#F1EDDF#F4F1E6#F6F3E9#F9F7F1

Tones of #DFD4B3

#DCD3B7#D9D1BA#D6D0BD#D3CEC0#D0CDC3#CDCBC6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3BEDF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.21:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFD4B3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFD4B3

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 #DFD4B3: ·

How #DFD4B3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADABBDeuteranopia · #DBDCBDTritanopia · #DEC1C3

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFD4B3 rather than the exact color:

Gentle Opal
#887C2C · #44C2B1 · #A23AB2 · #DCD3B5
Palette Cc7351
#CC7351 · #E08F62 · #DED7B1 · #9DAB86
Palette 9bb4c0
#9BB4C0 · #E1D0B3 · #A18D6D · #703B3B
Palette Fdf7e4
#FDF7E4 · #FAEED1 · #DED0B6 · #BBAB8C
Palette 607274
#607274 · #FAEED1 · #DED0B6 · #B2A59B
Palette E0d8b0
#E0D8B0 · #FCFFE7 · #DEA057 · #CE9461

Similar colors

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

#DCD3B5#DED7B1#E1D0B3#DED0B6#E0D8B0#E1D7B7#DAD4B5#DFD0B8#E5D3AF#E7D4B5#E3D0B9#E5D9B6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFD4B2  ·  #DFD4B4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFD4B3?

#DFD4B3 is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 212, 179). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFD4B3?

#DFD4B3 is RGB 223, 212, 179 — HSL 45°, 41%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 20%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFD4B3?

Its complement is #B3BEDF; analogous partners are #DFBEB3 and #D4DFB3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFD4B3 for text?

Black text on #DFD4B3 has a contrast ratio of 14.21:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.