#DFDBAD

sRGB: 223 / 219 / 173

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions shimmer across boundless heavens
Brilliant stars shatter the chains of fate

#DFDBAD belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 219 green and 173 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 55.2° lands in the yellow region. Its 43.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.6% 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 (14.87:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 219, 173
HSL: 55.20°, 43.86%, 77.65%
HSV / HSB: 55.20°, 22.42%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.79%, 22.42%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 63.303, 69.368, 49.591
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.686, -5.962, 23.177
WCAG relative luminance: 0.69368
24-bit decimal: 14670765

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 #DFDBAD 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: 14.87:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.41:1

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

#ADB1DF sits half a turn (180°) from #DFDBAD 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.

#DFDBAD #ADB1DF

Analogous

#DFC2AD and #CADFAD sit 30° to either side of #DFDBAD. 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.

#DFC2AD #DFDBAD #CADFAD

Triadic

#DFDBAD, #ADDFDB and #DBADDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFDBAD #ADDFDB #DBADDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFDBAD and look across the wheel. #ADCADF and #C2ADDF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFDBAD #ADCADF #C2ADDF

Square

Starting with #DFDBAD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ADDFC2, #ADB1DF, then #DFADCA. Across the square, #DFDBAD pairs with #ADB1DF, and #ADDFC2 with #DFADCA.

#DFDBAD #ADDFC2 #ADB1DF #DFADCA

Tetradic

#DFDBAD and #ADB1DF are opposites, as are #B1DFAD and #DBADDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFDBAD #B1DFAD #ADB1DF #DBADDF

Tints

Mixing #DFDBAD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E2BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F8EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFDBAD #E5E2BD #ECE9CE #F2F1DE #F9F8EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFDBAD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AF8A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2C23, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFDBAD #B2AF8A #868368 #595845 #2D2C23 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFDBAD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC9A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #939289, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFDBAD #CCC9A4 #B9B79B #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

#DFDBAD

RGB

rgb(223 219 173)

HSL

hsl(55.200 43.860% 77.647%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFDBAD uses 223 red, 219 green and 173 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 85.9%

Blue 67.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFDBAD is 0.0% cyan, 1.8% magenta, 22.4% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.8%

Yellow 22.4%

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 #DFDBAD 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

#DFDBAD #D7D4B5 #CECDBE #C6C6C6 #BEBFCE #B5B8D7 #ADB1DF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFDBAD 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.

#E4D7AA

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.

#E5DAAF

Tritanopia

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

#E7D5CE

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.

#E2D9AC

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.

#E3DAAE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E1D9BA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D9D9D9

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.

#DCDAC5

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 0.70838 B 0.41789

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 0.87175 G 0.85935 B 0.69746

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73267 G 0.70936 B 0.44438

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 0.381 Y 69.368

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 14.118 Y % 32.157

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11011011 10101101