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#DFE2BF — Pale Muted Yellow

#DFE2BF is a yellow color we call Pale 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 #DFE2BF 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.

#DFE2BF 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 #C3C0E3; it also sits naturally between #E3D4C0 and #CEE3C0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFE2BF · RGB 223, 226, 191

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Color values

HEX#DFE2BF
RGB223, 226, 191
HSL65°, 38%, 82%
HSV65°, 15%, 89%
CMYK1%, 0%, 15%, 11%
XYZ67.03, 73.84, 60.01
Yxy73.84, 0.3337, 0.3676
CIE-Lab88.85, -6.87, 16.79
Hunter Lab85.93, -6.65, 14.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 89% · Blue 75%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 15% · Key 11%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFE2BF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFE2BF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFE2BF

.text { color: #DFE2BF; }
.background { background-color: #DFE2BF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFE2BF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 226, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 38%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFE2BF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 226, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFE2BF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 226, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFE2BF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFE2BF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFE2BF

#D2D6A4#C4C987#B8BE6F#AAB253#909744#767B37#5B5F2B#434620#282A13#0D0E06

Tints of #DFE2BF

#E1E4C3#E5E7CA#E7E9CE#EAECD5#ECEED8#EEEFDC#F1F2E3#F3F4E6#F6F7ED#F8F9F1

Tones of #DFE2BF

#DEE0C2#DBDDC5#DADBC7#D7D8CA#D5D6CC#D3D3CF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3C0E3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFE2BF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFE2BF

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 #DFE2BF: ·

How #DFE2BF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0E0C7Deuteranopia · #E0E0CATritanopia · #DFCED0

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 #DFE2BF rather than the exact color:

Frozen Ruby Summit
#5535A5 · #8075D3 · #B0CE65 · #E0E5BF
Misty Ruby Mirage
#3D2577 · #B58ADB · #96BB3A · #DDE6C0
Vivid Ruby Horizon
#807E25 · #43C8C5 · #CF61D1 · #DCE2BB
Palette E1dfba
#E1DFBA · #7F7E90 · #4D424D · #36292C
Palette A94438
#A94438 · #D24545 · #E6BAA3 · #E4DEBE
Dusty Ruby Zephyr
#DEE7C5 · #C9DC93 · #92AE41 · #424F1C

Similar colors

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

#E0E5BF#DDE6C0#DCE2BB#E1DFBA#E4DEBE#DEE7C5#D7E2C0#DBE4C6#D7E4C0#E4E9BE#DADBBD#E3DBBB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFE2BE  ·  #DFE2C0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFE2BF?

#DFE2BF is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 226, 191). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFE2BF?

#DFE2BF is RGB 223, 226, 191 — HSL 65°, 38%, 82% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 15%, 11%.

What colors go with #DFE2BF?

Its complement is #C3C0E3; analogous partners are #E3D4C0 and #CEE3C0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFE2BF for text?

Black text on #DFE2BF has a contrast ratio of 15.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.