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#DCAE2A

#dcae2a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcae2a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 68.24% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.91% magenta, 80.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 44.49°, with 71.77% saturation and 51.37% 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 10.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.46.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4565

Complementary

  1. #dcae2a
  2. #2a58dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcae2a
  2. #2ab1dc
  3. #552adc

Analogous

  1. #dc552a
  2. #dcae2a
  3. #b1dc2a

Triadic

  1. #dcae2a
  2. #2adcae
  3. #ae2adc

Tetradic

  1. #dcae2a
  2. #58dc2a
  3. #2a58dc
  4. #ae2adc

Square

  1. #dcae2a
  2. #2adc55
  3. #2a58dc
  4. #dc2ab1

Monochromatic

  1. #5e490f
  2. #9f7d1a
  3. #dcae2a
  4. #e7c76c
  5. #f2e0ad

Shades

#dcae2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcae2a
  2. #c69d26
  3. #b08b22
  4. #9a7a1d
  5. #846819
  6. #6e5715
  7. #584611
  8. #42340d
  9. #2c2308
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcae2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcae2a
  2. #e0b63f
  3. #e3be55
  4. #e7c66a
  5. #eace7f
  6. #eed795
  7. #f1dfaa
  8. #f5e7bf
  9. #f8efd4
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcae2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcae2a
  2. #d3a933
  3. #caa53b
  4. #c0a044
  5. #b79c4c
  6. #ae9755
  7. #a5925e
  8. #9c8e66
  9. #92896f
  10. #898577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b291 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad04 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb932 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cead19 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b52f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a579 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcae2a {
  color: #dcae2a;
}
Background
.bg-dcae2a {
  background-color: #dcae2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcae2a {
  border: 2px solid #dcae2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcae2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 174 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcae2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcae2a, #b1dc2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcae2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 174 42 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.46 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.48 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.92 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.59 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.88 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.79 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.93 #2351d5 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcae2a  rgb(220, 174, 42)  hsl(44, 72%, 51%)  Meat Brown
#2a58dc  rgb(42, 88, 220)  hsl(224, 72%, 51%)  Sapphire
#2adcae  rgb(42, 220, 174)  hsl(164, 72%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#ae2adc  rgb(174, 42, 220)  hsl(284, 72%, 51%)  Dark Orchid