#DFD9BD

sRGB: 223 / 217 / 189

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions cascade across forgotten valleys
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#DFD9BD belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 217 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 49.4° lands in the yellow region. Its 34.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.8% 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 (14.80:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 217, 189
HSL: 49.41°, 34.69%, 80.78%
HSV / HSB: 49.41°, 15.25%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 2.69%, 15.25%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.427, 68.988, 58.068
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.498, -2.583, 14.543
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68988
24-bit decimal: 14670269

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 #DFD9BD 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: 14.80:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.42:1

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

#BDC3DF sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD9BD 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.

#DFD9BD #BDC3DF

Analogous

#DFC8BD and #D4DFBD sit 30° to either side of #DFD9BD. 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.

#DFC8BD #DFD9BD #D4DFBD

Triadic

#DFD9BD, #BDDFD9 and #D9BDDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD9BD #BDDFD9 #D9BDDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD9BD and look across the wheel. #BDD4DF and #C8BDDF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD9BD #BDD4DF #C8BDDF

Square

Starting with #DFD9BD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BDDFC8, #BDC3DF, then #DFBDD4. Across the square, #DFD9BD pairs with #BDC3DF, and #BDDFC8 with #DFBDD4.

#DFD9BD #BDDFC8 #BDC3DF #DFBDD4

Tetradic

#DFD9BD and #BDC3DF are opposites, as are #C3DFBD and #D9BDDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD9BD #C3DFBD #BDC3DF #D9BDDF

Tints

Mixing #DFD9BD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E1CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F7F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD9BD #E5E1CA #ECE8D7 #F2F0E5 #F9F7F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD9BD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AE97, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2B26, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD9BD #B2AE97 #868271 #59574C #2D2B26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD9BD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC7B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #93928C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD9BD #CCC7B1 #B9B5A5 #A6A498 #93928C #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

#DFD9BD

RGB

rgb(223 217 189)

HSL

hsl(49.412 34.694% 80.784%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD9BD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD9BD uses 223 red, 217 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 85.1%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD9BD is 0.0% cyan, 2.7% magenta, 15.2% 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 15.2%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DFD9BD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#DFD9BD #D9D5C3 #D4D2C8 #CECECE #C8CAD4 #C3C7D9 #BDC3DF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD9BD 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.

#DFD7BB

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.

#E1D9BE

Tritanopia

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

#E5D5D1

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.

#DFD8BC

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.

#E0D9BD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E0D8C5

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.

#DCD9CB

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 0.50888

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 0.75235

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73009 G 0.69533 B 0.52619

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 0.360 Y 68.988

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 14.902 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11011001 10111101