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#DFEF75 — Light Vivid Yellow

#DFEF75 is a yellow color we call Light Vivid 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 #DFEF75 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.

#DFEF75 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 #8676EF; it also sits naturally between #EFC376 and #A2EF76. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFEF75 · RGB 223, 239, 117

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Color values

HEX#DFEF75
RGB223, 239, 117
HSL68°, 79%, 70%
HSV68°, 51%, 94%
CMYK7%, 0%, 51%, 6%
XYZ64.51, 78.71, 28.62
Yxy78.71, 0.3754, 0.4580
CIE-Lab91.10, -22.24, 56.54
Hunter Lab88.72, -21.05, 39.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 94% · Blue 46%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 51% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFEF75 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFEF75 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFEF75

.text { color: #DFEF75; }
.background { background-color: #DFEF75; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFEF75; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 239, 117); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 79%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFEF75; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 239, 117, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFEF75; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 239, 117, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFEF75">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFEF75">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFEF75

#D7EB56#D1E83B#C9E41B#B1C918#95A914#798910#616E0D#444E09#2C3206#101202

Tints of #DFEF75

#E2F184#E4F28D#E7F39B#EAF4A4#EDF6B1#F0F8BF#F2F9C8#F5FAD6#F7FBDF#FBFDED

Tones of #DFEF75

#D9E77E#D2DD88#CCD590#C6CD98#BFC4A1#B9BBAA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8676EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.74:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFEF75: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFEF75

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 #DFEF75: ·

How #DFEF75 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E6E693Deuteranopia · #E5E49ATritanopia · #E0AAAF

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 #DFEF75 rather than the exact color:

Palette E6ee75
#E6EE75 · #DA4949 · #4F1C4C · #0D132A
Vintage Orchard
#B3CB17 · #E8EF72 · #3E25E6 · #B2A0EE
Palette 27e1ce
#27E1CE · #EFFFB7 · #D6EC78 · #FF98DA
Crimson Ruby Twilight
#DDE87D · #D4E345 · #BFCF26 · #8D991E
Dusty Ruby Solace
#AF2234 · #D7782F · #E5E577 · #CEF0B4
Palette E9f679
#E9F679 · #9BDF46 · #25A55F · #346473

Similar colors

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

#E6EE75#E8EF72#D6EC78#DDE87D#E5E577#E9F679#D3E971#DFE171#EBE87A#E6F082#D7E371#E6E46D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFEF74  ·  #DFEF76 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFEF75?

#DFEF75 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 239, 117). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFEF75?

#DFEF75 is RGB 223, 239, 117 — HSL 68°, 79%, 70% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 51%, 6%.

What colors go with #DFEF75?

Its complement is #8676EF; analogous partners are #EFC376 and #A2EF76. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFEF75 for text?

Black text on #DFEF75 has a contrast ratio of 16.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.