#DFD6AF

sRGB: 223 / 214 / 175

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions blossom beneath falling stars
Brilliant stars echo beyond eternity

#DFD6AF belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 214 green and 175 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 48.8° lands in the yellow region. Its 42.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.0% 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 (14.38:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 214, 175
HSL: 48.75°, 42.86%, 78.04%
HSV / HSB: 48.75°, 21.52%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 4.04%, 21.52%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 62.213, 66.877, 50.190
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.442, -3.118, 20.415
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66876
24-bit decimal: 14669487

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 #DFD6AF 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: 14.38:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.46:1

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

#AFB8DF sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD6AF 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.

#DFD6AF #AFB8DF

Analogous

#DFBEAF and #D0DFAF sit 30° to either side of #DFD6AF. 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.

#DFBEAF #DFD6AF #D0DFAF

Triadic

#DFD6AF, #AFDFD6 and #D6AFDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD6AF #AFDFD6 #D6AFDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD6AF and look across the wheel. #AFD0DF and #BEAFDF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD6AF #AFD0DF #BEAFDF

Square

Starting with #DFD6AF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AFDFBE, #AFB8DF, then #DFAFD0. Across the square, #DFD6AF pairs with #AFB8DF, and #AFDFBE with #DFAFD0.

#DFD6AF #AFDFBE #AFB8DF #DFAFD0

Tetradic

#DFD6AF and #AFB8DF are opposites, as are #B8DFAF and #D6AFDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD6AF #B8DFAF #AFB8DF #D6AFDF

Tints

Mixing #DFD6AF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5DEBF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F7EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD6AF #E5DEBF #ECE6CF #F2EFDF #F9F7EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD6AF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AB8C, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2B23, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD6AF #B2AB8C #868069 #595646 #2D2B23 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD6AF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC5A6, keeps 80% of the original. By #939189, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD6AF #CCC5A6 #B9B49C #A6A293 #939189 #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

#DFD6AF

RGB

rgb(223 214 175)

HSL

hsl(48.750 42.857% 78.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD6AF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD6AF uses 223 red, 214 green and 175 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 83.9%

Blue 68.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD6AF is 0.0% cyan, 4.0% magenta, 21.5% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 4.0%

Yellow 21.5%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DFD6AF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDDDAA Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#DFD6AF #D7D1B7 #CFCCBF #C7C7C7 #BFC2CF #B7BDD7 #AFB8DF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD6AF 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.

#DED4AD

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.

#E1D7B0

Tritanopia

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

#E7D0CB

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.

#DFD5AE

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.

#E0D6B0

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E1D4BA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#DAD6C3

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 0.67244 B 0.42869

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 0.86838 G 0.84042 B 0.70254

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72629 G 0.67462 B 0.45162

CIE xyY

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

x 0.347 y 0.373 Y 66.877

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 16.078 Y % 31.373

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11010110 10101111