#DFD1BF

sRGB: 223 / 209 / 191

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions disappear beneath stillness
Eternal flames echo beyond eternity

#DFD1BF belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 209 green and 191 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 33.8° lands in the orange region. Its 33.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.01:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 209, 191
HSL: 33.75°, 33.33%, 81.18%
HSV / HSB: 33.75°, 14.35%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.28%, 14.35%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 62.633, 65.051, 58.549
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.510, 1.872, 10.669
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65050
24-bit decimal: 14668223

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DFD1BF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 14.01:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.50:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BFCDDF sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD1BF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DFD1BF #BFCDDF

Analogous

#DFC1BF and #DDDFBF sit 30° to either side of #DFD1BF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DFC1BF #DFD1BF #DDDFBF

Triadic

#DFD1BF, #BFDFD1 and #D1BFDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD1BF #BFDFD1 #D1BFDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD1BF and look across the wheel. #BFDDDF and #C1BFDF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD1BF #BFDDDF #C1BFDF

Square

Starting with #DFD1BF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BFDFC1, #BFCDDF, then #DFBFDD. Across the square, #DFD1BF pairs with #BFCDDF, and #BFDFC1 with #DFBFDD.

#DFD1BF #BFDFC1 #BFCDDF #DFBFDD

Tetradic

#DFD1BF and #BFCDDF are opposites, as are #CDDFBF and #D1BFDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD1BF #CDDFBF #BFCDDF #D1BFDF

Tints

Mixing #DFD1BF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5DACC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F6F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD1BF #E5DACC #ECE3D9 #F2EDE5 #F9F6F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD1BF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A799, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2A26, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD1BF #B2A799 #867D73 #59544C #2D2A26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD1BF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC1B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #93908D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD1BF #CCC1B2 #B9B1A6 #A6A099 #93908D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DFD1BF

RGB

rgb(223 209 191)

HSL

hsl(33.750 33.333% 81.176%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD1BF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD1BF uses 223 red, 209 green and 191 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 82.0%

Blue 74.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD1BF is 0.0% cyan, 6.3% magenta, 14.3% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.3%

Yellow 14.3%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCCBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DCB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DFD1BF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDCCBB Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#DFD1BF #DAD0C4 #D4D0CA #CFCFCF #CACED4 #C4CEDA #BFCDDF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD1BF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#D7D1BE

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DAD4BF

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E5CDCC

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DAD1BE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DBD3BF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E0D0C4

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D3D3D3

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D9D2C9

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.73791 G 0.63760 B 0.52100

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.86510 G 0.82151 B 0.75678

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.72010 G 0.64093 B 0.53314

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.336 y 0.349 Y 65.051

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 12.549 M % 18.039 Y % 25.098

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011111 11010001 10111111