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#DFDBAA — Light Muted Yellow

#DFDBAA is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #DFDBAA 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.

#DFDBAA 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 #AAAEDF; it also sits naturally between #DFC0AA and #C9DFAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFDBAA · RGB 223, 219, 170

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Color values

HEX#DFDBAA
RGB223, 219, 170
HSL55°, 45%, 77%
HSV55°, 24%, 87%
CMYK0%, 2%, 24%, 13%
XYZ63.02, 69.25, 48.08
Yxy69.25, 0.3494, 0.3840
CIE-Lab86.63, -6.37, 24.65
Hunter Lab83.22, -6.11, 20.22

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 86% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 24% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DFDBAA

.text { color: #DFDBAA; }
.background { background-color: #DFDBAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFDBAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 219, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 45%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFDBAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 219, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFDBAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 219, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DFDBAA

#D5CF90#CAC272#C0B759#B1A843#98903A#7A742E#605B24#46431B#29270F#0F0E06

Tints of #DFDBAA

#E2DEB1#E4E1B9#E7E4C0#EAE7C8#EDEACF#EEECD3#F1EFDA#F4F2E1#F7F5E9#F9F9F0

Tones of #DFDBAA

#DBD7AD#D7D4B2#D4D1B5#CFCEB9#CCCBBD#C8C7C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AAAEDF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.41:1 Fails
Against black text14.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFDBAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFDBAA

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 #DFDBAA: ·

How #DFDBAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DDDDB6Deuteranopia · #DEDEB9Tritanopia · #DFBFC1

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 #DFDBAA rather than the exact color:

Silent Lagoon
#2F36B4 · #857EDD · #D9D36D · #E2DAAB
Palette 932f67
#932F67 · #D92C54 · #DDDEAB · #8ABB6C
Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #DBDFAA · #B3C890 · #73A9AD
Gentle Ruby Aurora
#E2DFA6 · #D4CF81 · #C0B949 · #B3AA2E
Palette E0d8b0
#E0D8B0 · #FCFFE7 · #DEA057 · #CE9461

Similar colors

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

#E2DAAB#DDDEAB#E2DEA9#DBDFAA#E2DFA6#E0D8B0#E4D6A9#E5D7AB#E2E0A5#DED7B1#DADDB1#E7DEAF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFDBA9  ·  #DFDBAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFDBAA?

#DFDBAA is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 219, 170). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFDBAA?

#DFDBAA is RGB 223, 219, 170 — HSL 55°, 45%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 24%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFDBAA?

Its complement is #AAAEDF; analogous partners are #DFC0AA and #C9DFAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFDBAA for text?

Black text on #DFDBAA has a contrast ratio of 14.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.41:1.