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#DCAE2E

#dcae2e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcae2e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.91% magenta, 79.09% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 44.14°, with 71.31% saturation and 52.16% 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 10.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.4.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4569

Complementary

  1. #dcae2e
  2. #2e5cdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcae2e
  2. #2eb3dc
  3. #572edc

Analogous

  1. #dc572e
  2. #dcae2e
  3. #b3dc2e

Triadic

  1. #dcae2e
  2. #2edcae
  3. #ae2edc

Tetradic

  1. #dcae2e
  2. #5cdc2e
  3. #2e5cdc
  4. #ae2edc

Square

  1. #dcae2e
  2. #2edc57
  3. #2e5cdc
  4. #dc2eb3

Monochromatic

  1. #614c10
  2. #a27f1b
  3. #dcae2e
  4. #e7c770
  5. #f2e1b1

Shades

#dcae2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcae2e
  2. #c69d29
  3. #b08b25
  4. #9a7a20
  5. #84681c
  6. #6e5717
  7. #584612
  8. #42340e
  9. #2c2309
  10. #161105
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcae2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcae2e
  2. #e0b643
  3. #e3be58
  4. #e7c66d
  5. #eace82
  6. #eed797
  7. #f1dfab
  8. #f5e7c0
  9. #f8efd5
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcae2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcae2e
  2. #d3a936
  3. #caa53e
  4. #c0a047
  5. #b79c4f
  6. #ae9757
  7. #a5925f
  8. #9c8e67
  9. #928970
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b291 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad11 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb935 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cead20 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b533 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a57a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcae2e {
  color: #dcae2e;
}
Background
.bg-dcae2e {
  background-color: #dcae2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcae2e {
  border: 2px solid #dcae2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcae2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 174 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcae2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcae2e, #b3dc2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcae2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 174 46 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.40 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.44 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.86 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.62 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.97 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.92 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.03 #2351d1 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcae2e  rgb(220, 174, 46)  hsl(44, 71%, 52%)  Meat Brown
#2e5cdc  rgb(46, 92, 220)  hsl(224, 71%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2edcae  rgb(46, 220, 174)  hsl(164, 71%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#ae2edc  rgb(174, 46, 220)  hsl(284, 71%, 52%)  Dark Orchid