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#DFBC56

#dfbc56 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbc56 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 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.7% magenta, 61.43% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 44.67°, with 68.16% saturation and 60.59% 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 11.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.61.

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Relative luminance0.5233

Complementary

  1. #dfbc56
  2. #5679df

Split complementary

  1. #dfbc56
  2. #56bedf
  3. #7856df

Analogous

  1. #df7856
  2. #dfbc56
  3. #bedf56

Triadic

  1. #dfbc56
  2. #56dfbc
  3. #bc56df

Tetradic

  1. #dfbc56
  2. #79df56
  3. #5679df
  4. #bc56df

Square

  1. #dfbc56
  2. #56df78
  3. #5679df
  4. #df56be

Monochromatic

  1. #836819
  2. #c39b25
  3. #dfbc56
  4. #ebd696
  5. #f7efd7

Shades

#dfbc56 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbc56
  2. #c9a94d
  3. #b29645
  4. #9c843c
  5. #867134
  6. #705e2b
  7. #594b22
  8. #43381a
  9. #2d2611
  10. #161309
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbc56 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbc56
  2. #e2c367
  3. #e5c978
  4. #e9d089
  5. #ecd79a
  6. #efdeab
  7. #f2e4bb
  8. #f5ebcc
  9. #f9f2dd
  10. #fcf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbc56 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbc56
  2. #d6b65a
  3. #ccb05e
  4. #c3aa63
  5. #b9a467
  6. #b09e6b
  7. #a6986f
  8. #9d9273
  9. #938c78
  10. #8a867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdbea0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfba4b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c45a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0aea6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5bb50 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc159 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b48d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbc56 {
  color: #dfbc56;
}
Background
.bg-dfbc56 {
  background-color: #dfbc56;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbc56 {
  border: 2px solid #dfbc56;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbc56;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 188 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 68% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbc56 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbc56, #bedf56);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbc56 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 188 86 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.61 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.01 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.39 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.74 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.84 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 7.36 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.40 #2043a9 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfbc56  rgb(223, 188, 86)  hsl(45, 68%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#5679df  rgb(86, 121, 223)  hsl(225, 68%, 61%)  Glaucous
#56dfbc  rgb(86, 223, 188)  hsl(165, 68%, 61%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc56df  rgb(188, 86, 223)  hsl(285, 68%, 61%)  Medium Orchid