HEX atlas value

#DFD0C3

#DFD0C3 is a warm orange HEX color close to Limestone. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 223, 208, 195, HSL 28, 30%, 82%, has luminance 0.6474, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#DFD0C3 Sample readable text

HEX #DFD0C3

RGB rgb(223, 208, 195)

HSL hsl(28 30% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 7, 13, 13)

Luminance 0.6474

Contrast Black 13.95:1White 1.51:1

CSS

--color-dfd0c3: #DFD0C3;
.background-dfd0c3 { background-color: #DFD0C3; }
.text-dfd0c3 { color: #DFD0C3; }

Luminance0.6474

Black text13.95:1AA Pass

White text1.51:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DFD0C3","rgb":[223,208,195],"hsl":[28,30,82],"cmyk":[0,7,13,13],"luminance":0.6474,"contrast":{"black":13.95,"white":1.51}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.95,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.51,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.99,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DFDEC3","hex":"#DFDEC3","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.37,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Quartz","hex":"#E7D9D1","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.24,"contrastWhite":1.38,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.14,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Limestone adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dfd0c3.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/limestone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/oat.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C3D2DF","analogous":["#DFC3C4","#DFDEC3"],"triadic":["#C3DFD0","#D0C3DF"],"tetradic":["#C4DFC3","#C3D2DF","#DEC3DF"],"splitComplementary":["#C3DFDE","#C3C4DF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#DFD0C3","#BFA188"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#BFA188","saturated":"#E9D0B9","desaturated":"#D5D1CD","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFE4CC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":7.3484692283495345},{"slug":"bone","name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","distance":12.328828005937952},{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":14.352700094407323},{"slug":"quartz","name":"Quartz","hex":"#E7D9D1","distance":18.466185312619388},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":20.049937655763422}]

HEX meaning and use

About #DFD0C3

#DFD0C3 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #DFD0C3 is visually closest to Limestone, a named orange color with HEX #D8D2C4.

The RGB channels are 223, 208, and 195, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 28deg with 30% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.6474, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 7.35, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.95:1AA Pass

White text1.51:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DFD0C3 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.95:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.51:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

Pearl#000000 text · best 15.99:1#EAE0C8

#DFDEC3#000000 text · best 15.37:1#DFDEC3

Quartz#000000 text · best 15.24:1#E7D9D1

Bone#000000 text · best 15.14:1#E3DAC9

Generated Palette

#DFD0C3#DFD0C3

#C3D2DF#C3D2DF

#DFC3C4#DFC3C4

#DFDEC3#DFDEC3

White#FFFFFF

#BFA188#BFA188

Color Harmonies

#C3D2DF#C3D2DF

#DFC3C4#DFC3C4

#DFDEC3#DFDEC3

#C3DFD0#C3DFD0

#D0C3DF#D0C3DF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#BFA188#BFA188

#E9D0B9#E9D0B9

#D5D1CD#D5D1CD

White#FFFFFF

#FFE4CC#FFE4CC

Nearest Named Colors

Limestone#D8D2C4

Bone#E3DAC9

Oat#D8CAB8

Quartz#E7D9D1

Pearl#EAE0C8

#DFD0C3

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #DFD0C3

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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