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#DFBC4E

#dfbc4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbc4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 73.73% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.7% magenta, 65.02% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 45.52°, 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 11.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.2.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.522

Complementary

  1. #dfbc4e
  2. #4e71df

Split complementary

  1. #dfbc4e
  2. #4eb9df
  3. #744edf

Analogous

  1. #df744e
  2. #dfbc4e
  3. #b9df4e

Triadic

  1. #dfbc4e
  2. #4edfbc
  3. #bc4edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfbc4e
  2. #71df4e
  3. #4e71df
  4. #bc4edf

Square

  1. #dfbc4e
  2. #4edf74
  3. #4e71df
  4. #df4eb9

Monochromatic

  1. #7d6517
  2. #be9922
  3. #dfbc4e
  4. #ebd58f
  5. #f6edd0

Shades

#dfbc4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbc4e
  2. #c9a946
  3. #b2963e
  4. #9c8437
  5. #86712f
  6. #705e27
  7. #594b1f
  8. #433817
  9. #2d2610
  10. #161308
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbc4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbc4e
  2. #e2c360
  3. #e5c971
  4. #e9d083
  5. #ecd795
  6. #efdea7
  7. #f2e4b8
  8. #f5ebca
  9. #f9f2dc
  10. #fcf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbc4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbc4e
  2. #d6b653
  3. #ccb058
  4. #c3aa5d
  5. #b9a462
  6. #b09e67
  7. #a6986c
  8. #9d9271
  9. #938c76
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdbe9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb941 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c353 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0aea5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6ba47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc151 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab48a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbc4e {
  color: #dfbc4e;
}
Background
.bg-dfbc4e {
  background-color: #dfbc4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbc4e {
  border: 2px solid #dfbc4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbc4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 188 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 69% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbc4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbc4e, #b9df4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbc4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 188 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.20 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.57 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.77 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.03 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.58 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.84 #2043b1 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfbc4e  rgb(223, 188, 78)  hsl(46, 69%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#4e71df  rgb(78, 113, 223)  hsl(226, 69%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#4edfbc  rgb(78, 223, 188)  hsl(166, 69%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc4edf  rgb(188, 78, 223)  hsl(286, 69%, 59%)  Medium Orchid