#DFD206

sRGB · 223 / 210 / 6

#DFD206 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 210 green and 6 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 56.4° lands in the yellow region. Its 94.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 44.9% 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 (13.36:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 210, 6
HSL: 56.41°, 94.76%, 44.90%
HSV / HSB: 56.41°, 97.31%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.83%, 97.31%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 53.509, 61.795, 9.281
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.804, -13.022, 82.339
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61794
24-bit decimal: 14668294

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 #DFD206 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 · 13.36:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.57:1

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. 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

#0613DF sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD206 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.

#DFD206 #0613DF

Analogous

#DF6506 and #80DF06 sit 30° to either side of #DFD206. 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.

#DF6506 #DFD206 #80DF06

Triadic

#DFD206, #06DFD2 and #D206DF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD206 #06DFD2 #D206DF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD206 and look across the wheel. #0680DF and #6506DF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD206 #0680DF #6506DF

Square

Starting with #DFD206, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #06DF65, #0613DF, then #DF0680. Across the square, #DFD206 pairs with #0613DF, and #06DF65 with #DF0680.

#DFD206 #06DF65 #0613DF #DF0680

Tetradic

#DFD206 and #0613DF are opposites, as are #13DF06 and #D206DF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD206 #13DF06 #0613DF #D206DF

Tints

Mixing #DFD206 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5DB38, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F6CD, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD206 #E5DB38 #ECE46A #F2ED9B #F9F6CD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD206 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A805, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2A01, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD206 #B2A805 #867E04 #595402 #2D2A01 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD206 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC21E, keeps 80% of the original. By #939068, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD206 #CCC21E #B9B137 #A6A14F #939068 #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

#DFD206

RGB

rgb(223 210 6)

HSL

hsl(56.406 94.760% 44.902%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD206;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD206 uses 223 red, 210 green and 6 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 82.4%

Blue 2.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD206 is 0.0% cyan, 5.8% magenta, 97.3% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.8%

Yellow 97.3%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCC00. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DC0 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DFD206 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC00, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #DDCC00 Nearest web-safe · #CCCC00

Gradient to complement

#DFD206 #BBB22A #97924E #737373 #4E5397 #2A33BB #0613DF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD206 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.

#E6CA00

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.

#EAD127

Tritanopia

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

#F1C2B3

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.

#E4CE00

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.

#E7D11C

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E3CD71

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CECECE

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.

#D7D097

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 0.64448 B 0.00182

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 0.86575 G 0.82529 B 0.27378

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72132 G 0.64758 B 0.06092

CIE xyY

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

x 0.429 y 0.496 Y 61.795

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 17.647 Y % 97.647

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11010010 00000110