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#DFBB2D

#dfbb2d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbb2d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 73.33% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.14% magenta, 79.82% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 47.87°, with 73.55% saturation and 52.55% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.51.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5142

Complementary

  1. #dfbb2d
  2. #2d51df

Split complementary

  1. #dfbb2d
  2. #2daadf
  3. #622ddf

Analogous

  1. #df622d
  2. #dfbb2d
  3. #aadf2d

Triadic

  1. #dfbb2d
  2. #2ddfbb
  3. #bb2ddf

Tetradic

  1. #dfbb2d
  2. #51df2d
  3. #2d51df
  4. #bb2ddf

Square

  1. #dfbb2d
  2. #2ddf62
  3. #2d51df
  4. #df2daa

Monochromatic

  1. #64530f
  2. #a68a19
  3. #dfbb2d
  4. #e9d16f
  5. #f3e6b2

Shades

#dfbb2d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbb2d
  2. #c9a829
  3. #b29624
  4. #9c8320
  5. #86701b
  6. #705e17
  7. #594b12
  8. #43380e
  9. #2d2509
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbb2d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbb2d
  2. #e2c242
  3. #e5c957
  4. #e9cf6c
  5. #ecd681
  6. #efdd96
  7. #f2e4ab
  8. #f5ebc0
  9. #f9f1d5
  10. #fcf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbb2d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbb2d
  2. #d6b535
  3. #ccaf3e
  4. #c3a946
  5. #b9a34e
  6. #b09e57
  7. #a6985f
  8. #9d9267
  9. #938c6f
  10. #8a8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbd99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b803 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c237 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1aba1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6b91b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbbf33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab282 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbb2d {
  color: #dfbb2d;
}
Background
.bg-dfbb2d {
  background-color: #dfbb2d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbb2d {
  border: 2px solid #dfbb2d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbb2d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 187 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 74% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbb2d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbb2d, #aadf2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbb2d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 187 45 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.51 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.74 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.09 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.69 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.03 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.18 #2044d2 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfbb2d  rgb(223, 187, 45)  hsl(48, 74%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#2d51df  rgb(45, 81, 223)  hsl(228, 74%, 53%)  Iris
#2ddfbb  rgb(45, 223, 187)  hsl(168, 74%, 53%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bb2ddf  rgb(187, 45, 223)  hsl(288, 74%, 53%)  Electric Purple