Vintage Beige Color

#dfe1cc

Vintage Beige is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan

Inverse Color #201e33
Complementary Color #cdcbe1
Color Shade: mid yellow (65.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 84.12% (better contrasting with black)
Vintage Beige Color Sample
Vintage Beige Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dfe1cc

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Vintage Beige Color. The Billowy Down color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Star White (#efefe8) for more calm effect. Try Green Mesh as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cdcbe1 is the best complementary color to Vintage Beige. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dfe1cc complementary color is Blue Haze, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tana are #e1d8cb and #d4e1cb. Thus found on the left and right of #dfe1cc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pearl Bush and Periglacial Blue colors as they work well with Vintage Beige.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Vintage Beige palette consists of #d8cbe1 and #cbd4e1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cdcbe1). Try Snuff and Geyser colors in combination with #dfe1cc, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #dfe1cc offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Vintage Beige. Thus Twilight and Geyser giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Vintage Beige contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Haze, Edgewater, and Twilight split by 90° on the color wheel. #dfe1cc square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Vintage Beige tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#cdcbe1) and two others. The Geyser is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wafer – 120° from the complementary Blue Haze. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cbdfe1 and #e1cdcb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dfe1cc is made of 34% red, 35% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Vintage Beige has a hue angle of 65.71°, a saturation of 25.93% and a lightness of 84.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dfe1cc is made of 0.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.24% yellow and 11.76% black ink.

HEX #dfe1cc
RGB Decimal rgb(223,225,204)
RGB Percentage 34%, 35%, 31%
CMYK 0.79, 0, 8.24, 11.76
HSL hsl(65.71,25.93%,84.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(65.71,9.33%,88.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.8743,-4.2929,10.0372)
XYZ xyz(68.2557,73.898,67.793)
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