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#DFBB4E

#dfbb4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbb4e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.14% magenta, 65.02% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 45.1°, with 69.38% saturation and 59.02% 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 11.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.95.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5178

Complementary

  1. #dfbb4e
  2. #4e72df

Split complementary

  1. #dfbb4e
  2. #4ebbdf
  3. #724edf

Analogous

  1. #df724e
  2. #dfbb4e
  3. #bbdf4e

Triadic

  1. #dfbb4e
  2. #4edfbb
  3. #bb4edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfbb4e
  2. #72df4e
  3. #4e72df
  4. #bb4edf

Square

  1. #dfbb4e
  2. #4edf72
  3. #4e72df
  4. #df4ebb

Monochromatic

  1. #7d6417
  2. #be9722
  3. #dfbb4e
  4. #ebd48f
  5. #f6edd0

Shades

#dfbb4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbb4e
  2. #c9a846
  3. #b2963e
  4. #9c8337
  5. #86702f
  6. #705e27
  7. #594b1f
  8. #433817
  9. #2d2510
  10. #161308
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbb4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbb4e
  2. #e2c260
  3. #e5c971
  4. #e9cf83
  5. #ecd695
  6. #efdda7
  7. #f2e4b8
  8. #f5ebca
  9. #f9f1dc
  10. #fcf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbb4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbb4e
  2. #d6b553
  3. #ccaf58
  4. #c3a95d
  5. #b9a362
  6. #b09e67
  7. #a6986c
  8. #9d9271
  9. #938c76
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbd9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb941 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c353 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0ada4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5ba47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dac051 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab38a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbb4e {
  color: #dfbb4e;
}
Background
.bg-dfbb4e {
  background-color: #dfbb4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbb4e {
  border: 2px solid #dfbb4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbb4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 187 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 69% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbb4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbb4e, #bbdf4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbb4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 187 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.95 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.39 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.93 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.14 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.12 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.77 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.91 #2044b1 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfbb4e  rgb(223, 187, 78)  hsl(45, 69%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#4e72df  rgb(78, 114, 223)  hsl(225, 69%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#4edfbb  rgb(78, 223, 187)  hsl(165, 69%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bb4edf  rgb(187, 78, 223)  hsl(285, 69%, 59%)  Medium Orchid