HEX atlas value

#DFD5C3

#DFD5C3 is a warm orange HEX color close to Limestone. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 223, 213, 195, HSL 39, 30%, 82%, has luminance 0.6722, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#DFD5C3 Sample readable text

HEX #DFD5C3

RGB rgb(223, 213, 195)

HSL hsl(39 30% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 4, 13, 13)

Luminance 0.6722

Contrast Black 14.44:1White 1.45:1

CSS

--color-dfd5c3: #DFD5C3;
.background-dfd5c3 { background-color: #DFD5C3; }
.text-dfd5c3 { color: #DFD5C3; }

Luminance0.6722

Black text14.44:1AA Pass

White text1.45:1AA 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":"#DFD5C3","rgb":[223,213,195],"hsl":[39,30,82],"cmyk":[0,4,13,13],"luminance":0.6722,"contrast":{"black":14.44,"white":1.45}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.44,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.45,"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":"#DBDFC3","hex":"#DBDFC3","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.36,"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/dfd5c3.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/pearl.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C3CDDF","analogous":["#DFC7C3","#DBDFC3"],"triadic":["#C3DFD5","#D5C3DF"],"tetradic":["#C3DFC7","#C3CDDF","#DFC3DB"],"splitComplementary":["#C3DBDF","#C7C3DF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#DFD5C3","#BFAB88"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#BFAB88","saturated":"#E9D8B9","desaturated":"#D5D2CD","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFEDCC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":7.681145747868608},{"slug":"bone","name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","distance":8.774964387392123},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":16.34013463836819},{"slug":"quartz","name":"Quartz","hex":"#E7D9D1","distance":16.61324772583615},{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":17.05872210923198}]

HEX meaning and use

About #DFD5C3

#DFD5C3 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #DFD5C3 is visually closest to Limestone, a named orange color with HEX #D8D2C4.

The RGB channels are 223, 213, and 195, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 39deg 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 0.6722, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 7.68, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.44:1AA Pass

White text1.45:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DFD5C3 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.44:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.45:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

Pearl#000000 text · best 15.99:1#EAE0C8

#DBDFC3#000000 text · best 15.36:1#DBDFC3

Quartz#000000 text · best 15.24:1#E7D9D1

Bone#000000 text · best 15.14:1#E3DAC9

Generated Palette

#DFD5C3#DFD5C3

#C3CDDF#C3CDDF

#DFC7C3#DFC7C3

#DBDFC3#DBDFC3

White#FFFFFF

#BFAB88#BFAB88

Color Harmonies

#C3CDDF#C3CDDF

#DFC7C3#DFC7C3

#DBDFC3#DBDFC3

#C3DFD5#C3DFD5

#D5C3DF#D5C3DF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#BFAB88#BFAB88

#E9D8B9#E9D8B9

#D5D2CD#D5D2CD

White#FFFFFF

#FFEDCC#FFEDCC

Nearest Named Colors

Limestone#D8D2C4

Bone#E3DAC9

Pearl#EAE0C8

Quartz#E7D9D1

Oat#D8CAB8

#DFD5C3

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #DFD5C3

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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