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#DFBD4E

#dfbd4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbd4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 74.12% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.25% magenta, 65.02% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 45.93°, 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 11.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.48.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5263

Complementary

  1. #dfbd4e
  2. #4e70df

Split complementary

  1. #dfbd4e
  2. #4eb9df
  3. #744edf

Analogous

  1. #df744e
  2. #dfbd4e
  3. #b9df4e

Triadic

  1. #dfbd4e
  2. #4edfbd
  3. #bd4edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfbd4e
  2. #70df4e
  3. #4e70df
  4. #bd4edf

Square

  1. #dfbd4e
  2. #4edf74
  3. #4e70df
  4. #df4eb9

Monochromatic

  1. #7d6517
  2. #be9a22
  3. #dfbd4e
  4. #ebd58f
  5. #f6edd0

Shades

#dfbd4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbd4e
  2. #c9aa46
  3. #b2973e
  4. #9c8437
  5. #86712f
  6. #705f27
  7. #594c1f
  8. #433917
  9. #2d2610
  10. #161308
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbd4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbd4e
  2. #e2c460
  3. #e5ca71
  4. #e9d183
  5. #ecd795
  6. #efdea7
  7. #f2e5b8
  8. #f5ebca
  9. #f9f2dc
  10. #fcf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbd4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbd4e
  2. #d6b753
  3. #ccb158
  4. #c3ab5d
  5. #b9a562
  6. #b09f67
  7. #a6986c
  8. #9d9271
  9. #938c76
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdbf9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ba41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c453 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0afa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6bb47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc151 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab58b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbd4e {
  color: #dfbd4e;
}
Background
.bg-dfbd4e {
  background-color: #dfbd4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbd4e {
  border: 2px solid #dfbd4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbd4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 189 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 69% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbd4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbd4e, #b9df4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbd4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 189 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.48 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.78 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.10 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.97 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.42 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.80 #2042b1 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfbd4e  rgb(223, 189, 78)  hsl(46, 69%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#4e70df  rgb(78, 112, 223)  hsl(226, 69%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#4edfbd  rgb(78, 223, 189)  hsl(166, 69%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bd4edf  rgb(189, 78, 223)  hsl(286, 69%, 59%)  Medium Orchid