#DFD9AE

sRGB: 223 / 217 / 174

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions cascade across forgotten valleys
Brilliant stars transcend the limits of dreams

#DFD9AE belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 217 green and 174 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 52.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 43.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.8% 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 (14.67:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 217, 174
HSL: 52.65°, 43.36%, 77.84%
HSV / HSB: 52.65°, 21.97%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 2.69%, 21.97%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 62.882, 68.370, 49.930
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.191, -4.799, 21.974
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68370
24-bit decimal: 14670254

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 #DFD9AE 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: 14.67:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.43:1

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

#AEB4DF sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD9AE 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.

#DFD9AE #AEB4DF

Analogous

#DFC0AE and #CDDFAE sit 30° to either side of #DFD9AE. 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.

#DFC0AE #DFD9AE #CDDFAE

Triadic

#DFD9AE, #AEDFD9 and #D9AEDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD9AE #AEDFD9 #D9AEDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD9AE and look across the wheel. #AECDDF and #C0AEDF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD9AE #AECDDF #C0AEDF

Square

Starting with #DFD9AE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AEDFC0, #AEB4DF, then #DFAECD. Across the square, #DFD9AE pairs with #AEB4DF, and #AEDFC0 with #DFAECD.

#DFD9AE #AEDFC0 #AEB4DF #DFAECD

Tetradic

#DFD9AE and #AEB4DF are opposites, as are #B4DFAE and #D9AEDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD9AE #B4DFAE #AEB4DF #D9AEDF

Tints

Mixing #DFD9AE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E1BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F7EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD9AE #E5E1BE #ECE8CE #F2F0DF #F9F7EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD9AE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AE8B, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2B23, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD9AE #B2AE8B #868268 #595746 #2D2B23 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD9AE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC7A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #939289, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD9AE #CCC7A5 #B9B59C #A6A492 #939289 #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

#DFD9AE

RGB

rgb(223 217 174)

HSL

hsl(52.653 43.363% 77.843%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD9AE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD9AE uses 223 red, 217 green and 174 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 85.1%

Blue 68.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD9AE is 0.0% cyan, 2.7% magenta, 22.0% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 2.7%

Yellow 22.0%

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 #DFD9AE 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

#DFD9AE #D7D3B6 #CFCDBE #C7C7C7 #BEC0CF #B6BAD7 #AEB4DF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD9AE 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.

#E1D6AB

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.

#E3D9AF

Tritanopia

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

#E7D3CD

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.

#E1D7AD

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.

#E2D9AF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E1D7BA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D8D8D8

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.

#DBD8C4

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 0.69387 B 0.42327

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 0.87039 G 0.85178 B 0.70017

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73009 G 0.69533 B 0.44823

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 0.377 Y 68.370

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 14.902 Y % 31.765

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11011001 10101110