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#DCAE42

#dcae42 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcae42 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 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.91% magenta, 70% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.08°, with 68.75% saturation and 56.08% 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 10.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.99.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4588

Complementary

  1. #dcae42
  2. #4270dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcae42
  2. #42bddc
  3. #6142dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6142
  2. #dcae42
  3. #bddc42

Triadic

  1. #dcae42
  2. #42dcae
  3. #ae42dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcae42
  2. #70dc42
  3. #4270dc
  4. #ae42dc

Square

  1. #dcae42
  2. #42dc61
  3. #4270dc
  4. #dc42bd

Monochromatic

  1. #705515
  2. #b18621
  3. #dcae42
  4. #e8ca83
  5. #f4e5c3

Shades

#dcae42 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcae42
  2. #c69d3b
  3. #b08b35
  4. #9a7a2e
  5. #846828
  6. #6e5721
  7. #58461a
  8. #423414
  9. #2c230d
  10. #161107
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcae42 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcae42
  2. #e0b655
  3. #e3be68
  4. #e7c67b
  5. #eace8e
  6. #eed7a1
  7. #f1dfb3
  8. #f5e7c6
  9. #f8efd9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcae42 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcae42
  2. #d3a948
  3. #caa54e
  4. #c0a055
  5. #b79c5b
  6. #ae9761
  7. #a59267
  8. #9c8e6d
  9. #928974
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b294 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ad34 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb947 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee9f98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdae3a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b545 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a57e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcae42 {
  color: #dcae42;
}
Background
.bg-dcae42 {
  background-color: #dcae42;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcae42 {
  border: 2px solid #dcae42;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcae42;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 174 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 69% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcae42 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcae42, #bddc42);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcae42 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 174 66 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.99 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.19 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.32 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.26 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.57 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.73 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.89 #2351bd Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcae42  rgb(220, 174, 66)  hsl(42, 69%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#4270dc  rgb(66, 112, 220)  hsl(222, 69%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#42dcae  rgb(66, 220, 174)  hsl(162, 69%, 56%)  Caribbean Green
#ae42dc  rgb(174, 66, 220)  hsl(282, 69%, 56%)  Electric Purple