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#DCAE30

#dcae30 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcae30 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 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.91% magenta, 78.18% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.95°, with 71.07% saturation and 52.55% 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 2.38.

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Relative luminance0.457

Complementary

  1. #dcae30
  2. #305edc

Split complementary

  1. #dcae30
  2. #30b4dc
  3. #5830dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5830
  2. #dcae30
  3. #b4dc30

Triadic

  1. #dcae30
  2. #30dcae
  3. #ae30dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcae30
  2. #5edc30
  3. #305edc
  4. #ae30dc

Square

  1. #dcae30
  2. #30dc58
  3. #305edc
  4. #dc30b4

Monochromatic

  1. #624d11
  2. #a47f1c
  3. #dcae30
  4. #e7c871
  5. #f2e1b3

Shades

#dcae30 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcae30
  2. #c69d2b
  3. #b08b26
  4. #9a7a22
  5. #84681d
  6. #6e5718
  7. #584613
  8. #42340e
  9. #2c230a
  10. #161105
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcae30 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcae30
  2. #e0b645
  3. #e3be59
  4. #e7c66e
  5. #eace83
  6. #eed798
  7. #f1dfac
  8. #f5e7c1
  9. #f8efd6
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcae30 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcae30
  2. #d3a938
  3. #caa540
  4. #c0a048
  5. #b79c50
  6. #ae9758
  7. #a59260
  8. #9c8e68
  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 #c5b292 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ad16 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb937 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cead23 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b534 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a57a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcae30 {
  color: #dcae30;
}
Background
.bg-dcae30 {
  background-color: #dcae30;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcae30 {
  border: 2px solid #dcae30;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcae30;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 174 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 71% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcae30 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcae30, #b4dc30);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcae30 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 174 48 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.44 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.84 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.64 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.03 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.99 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.08 #2351cf Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcae30  rgb(220, 174, 48)  hsl(44, 71%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#305edc  rgb(48, 94, 220)  hsl(224, 71%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#30dcae  rgb(48, 220, 174)  hsl(164, 71%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#ae30dc  rgb(174, 48, 220)  hsl(284, 71%, 53%)  Dark Orchid