Maroon Colors  ·  Color Library

Palettes / Colors / #DFDDAF

#DFDDAF — Light Muted Yellow

#DFDDAF 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 #DFDDAF 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.

#DFDDAF 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 #AFB0DF; it also sits naturally between #DFC5AF and #C9DFAF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFDDAF · RGB 223, 221, 175

Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

HEX#DFDDAF
RGB223, 221, 175
HSL58°, 43%, 78%
HSV58°, 22%, 87%
CMYK0%, 1%, 22%, 13%
XYZ64.03, 70.50, 50.79
Yxy70.50, 0.3455, 0.3804
CIE-Lab87.24, -6.69, 22.89
Hunter Lab83.96, -6.43, 19.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 87% · Blue 69%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 22% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DFDDAF

.text { color: #DFDDAF; }
.background { background-color: #DFDDAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFDDAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 221, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 43%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFDDAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 221, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFDDAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 221, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DFDDAF

#D5D395#C9C778#BFBC5F#AFAC46#96933C#7C7931#5F5D26#45441C#282710#0F0E06

Tints of #DFDDAF

#E2E0B6#E5E4BD#E6E5C1#E9E8C8#ECEBD0#EFEED7#F2F1DE#F3F3E2#F6F6E9#F9F9F0

Tones of #DFDDAF

#DCDAB2#D8D7B6#D5D4B9#D1D0BD#CECDC0#CACAC4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFB0DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.39:1 Fails
Against black text15.10:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFDDAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFDDAF

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 #DFDDAF: ·

How #DFDDAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DEDEBADeuteranopia · #DEDEBDTritanopia · #DFC3C5

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 #DFDDAF rather than the exact color:

Palette 932f67
#932F67 · #D92C54 · #DDDEAB · #8ABB6C
Palette E0d8b0
#E0D8B0 · #FCFFE7 · #DEA057 · #CE9461
Palette Daddb1
#DADDB1 · #B3A492 · #BFB29E · #D6C7AE
Palette E43636
#E43636 · #F6EFD2 · #E2DDB4 · #000000
Silent Lagoon
#2F36B4 · #857EDD · #D9D36D · #E2DAAB
Palette Cc7351
#CC7351 · #E08F62 · #DED7B1 · #9DAB86

Similar colors

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

#DDDEAB#E0D8B0#DADDB1#E2DDB4#E2DAAB#DED7B1#DBDFAA#E2DEA9#E4DFB5#E7DEAF#E2E2B6#E7E1B1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFDDAE  ·  #DFDDB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFDDAF?

#DFDDAF is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 221, 175). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFDDAF?

#DFDDAF is RGB 223, 221, 175 — HSL 58°, 43%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 22%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFDDAF?

Its complement is #AFB0DF; analogous partners are #DFC5AF and #C9DFAF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFDDAF for text?

Black text on #DFDDAF has a contrast ratio of 15.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.39:1.