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#DFEB76 — Light Yellow

#DFEB76 is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #DFEB76 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.

#DFEB76 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 #8175EB; it also sits naturally between #EBBC75 and #A4EB75. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFEB76 · RGB 223, 235, 118

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Color values

HEX#DFEB76
RGB223, 235, 118
HSL66°, 75%, 69%
HSV66°, 50%, 92%
CMYK5%, 0%, 50%, 8%
XYZ63.41, 76.41, 28.55
Yxy76.41, 0.3766, 0.4538
CIE-Lab90.05, -20.22, 54.84
Hunter Lab87.41, -19.12, 38.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 92% · Blue 46%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 50% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFEB76 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFEB76 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFEB76

.text { color: #DFEB76; }
.background { background-color: #DFEB76; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFEB76; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 235, 118); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 75%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFEB76; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 235, 118, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFEB76; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 235, 118, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFEB76">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFEB76">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFEB76

#D9E75A#D2E33B#CCDF20#AFC01B#97A518#7A8613#626B0F#454C0B#2D3107#101203

Tints of #DFEB76

#E2ED82#E4EE8B#E8F098#EBF2A6#EEF4B3#F0F5BC#F3F7C9#F6F9D7#F8FBE0#FBFCED

Tones of #DFEB76

#D8E37D#D2DB85#CBD28E#C4C997#BDC19F#B7B9A7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8175EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.29:1 Fails
Against black text16.28:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFEB76: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFEB76

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 #DFEB76: ·

How #DFEB76 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E492Deuteranopia · #E4E399Tritanopia · #E0A9AE

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 Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFEB76 rather than the exact color:

Palette E6ee75
#E6EE75 · #DA4949 · #4F1C4C · #0D132A
Crimson Ruby Twilight
#DDE87D · #D4E345 · #BFCF26 · #8D991E
Dusty Ruby Solace
#AF2234 · #D7782F · #E5E577 · #CEF0B4
Palette 27e1ce
#27E1CE · #EFFFB7 · #D6EC78 · #FF98DA
Vintage Orchard
#B3CB17 · #E8EF72 · #3E25E6 · #B2A0EE
Royal Ruby Garden
#8D771E · #DFE171 · #637CDE · #CCDAF0

Similar colors

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

#E6EE75#DDE87D#E5E577#D6EC78#E8EF72#DFE171#DEE27E#DFE17D#D7E371#EBE87A#D3E971#E6E46D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFEB75  ·  #DFEB77 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFEB76?

#DFEB76 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 235, 118). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFEB76?

#DFEB76 is RGB 223, 235, 118 — HSL 66°, 75%, 69% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 50%, 8%.

What colors go with #DFEB76?

Its complement is #8175EB; analogous partners are #EBBC75 and #A4EB75. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFEB76 for text?

Black text on #DFEB76 has a contrast ratio of 16.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.29:1.