#DFDCD3

sRGB · 223 / 220 / 211

#DFDCD3 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 220 green and 211 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 45.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 15.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.1% 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 (15.32:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 220, 211
HSL: 45.00°, 15.79%, 85.10%
HSV / HSB: 45.00°, 5.38%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.35%, 5.38%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.779, 71.578, 71.875
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.765, -0.553, 4.775
WCAG relative luminance: 0.71578
24-bit decimal: 14671059

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 #DFDCD3 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 · 15.32:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.37:1

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

#D3D6DF sits half a turn (180°) from #DFDCD3 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.

#DFDCD3 #D3D6DF

Analogous

#DFD6D3 and #DCDFD3 sit 30° to either side of #DFDCD3. 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.

#DFD6D3 #DFDCD3 #DCDFD3

Triadic

#DFDCD3, #D3DFDC and #DCD3DF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFDCD3 #D3DFDC #DCD3DF

Split complementary

Start at #DFDCD3 and look across the wheel. #D3DCDF and #D6D3DF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFDCD3 #D3DCDF #D6D3DF

Square

Starting with #DFDCD3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D3DFD6, #D3D6DF, then #DFD3DC. Across the square, #DFDCD3 pairs with #D3D6DF, and #D3DFD6 with #DFD3DC.

#DFDCD3 #D3DFD6 #D3D6DF #DFD3DC

Tetradic

#DFDCD3 and #D3D6DF are opposites, as are #D6DFD3 and #DCD3DF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFDCD3 #D6DFD3 #D3D6DF #DCD3DF

Tints

Mixing #DFDCD3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E3DC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F8F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFDCD3 #E5E3DC #ECEAE5 #F2F1ED #F9F8F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFDCD3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2B0A9, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2C2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFDCD3 #B2B0A9 #86847F #595854 #2D2C2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFDCD3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCCAC2, keeps 80% of the original. By #939291, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFDCD3 #CCCAC2 #B9B7B2 #A6A5A1 #939291 #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

#DFDCD3

RGB

rgb(223 220 211)

HSL

hsl(45.000 15.789% 85.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFDCD3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFDCD3 uses 223 red, 220 green and 211 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 86.3%

Blue 82.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFDCD3 is 0.0% cyan, 1.3% magenta, 5.4% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.3%

Yellow 5.4%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DFDCD3 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #DDDDCC Nearest web-safe · #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#DFDCD3 #DDDBD5 #DBDAD7 #D9D9D9 #D7D8DB #D5D7DD #D3D6DF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFDCD3 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.

#DEDBD3

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.

#DFDCD3

Tritanopia

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

#E1DAD9

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.

#DFDCD3

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.

#DFDCD3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DFDCD5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DCDCDC

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.

#DEDCD8

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 0.71569 B 0.65141

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 0.87244 G 0.86314 B 0.83090

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73397 G 0.71643 B 0.65754

CIE xyY

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

x 0.321 y 0.339 Y 71.578

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 13.725 Y % 17.255

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11011100 11010011