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#DCAE49

#dcae49 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcae49 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 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.91% magenta, 66.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.22°, with 67.74% saturation and 57.45% 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 10.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4597

Complementary

  1. #dcae49
  2. #4977dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcae49
  2. #49c1dc
  3. #6449dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6449
  2. #dcae49
  3. #c1dc49

Triadic

  1. #dcae49
  2. #49dcae
  3. #ae49dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcae49
  2. #77dc49
  3. #4977dc
  4. #ae49dc

Square

  1. #dcae49
  2. #49dc64
  3. #4977dc
  4. #dc49c1

Monochromatic

  1. #755817
  2. #b68823
  3. #dcae49
  4. #e8cb89
  5. #f5e7c9

Shades

#dcae49 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcae49
  2. #c69d42
  3. #b08b3a
  4. #9a7a33
  5. #84682c
  6. #6e5725
  7. #58461d
  8. #423416
  9. #2c230f
  10. #161107
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcae49 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcae49
  2. #e0b65b
  3. #e3be6d
  4. #e7c680
  5. #eace92
  6. #eed7a4
  7. #f1dfb6
  8. #f5e7c8
  9. #f8efdb
  10. #fcf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcae49 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcae49
  2. #d3a94f
  3. #caa554
  4. #c0a05a
  5. #b79c5f
  6. #ae9765
  7. #a5926a
  8. #9c8e70
  9. #928975
  10. #89857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b295 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ae3d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdba4d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee9f99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdae42 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b54b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a580 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcae49 {
  color: #dcae49;
}
Background
.bg-dcae49 {
  background-color: #dcae49;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcae49 {
  border: 2px solid #dcae49;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcae49;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 174 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 68% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcae49 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcae49, #c1dc49);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcae49 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 174 73 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.85 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.87 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.82 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.68 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.44 #2351b6 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcae49  rgb(220, 174, 73)  hsl(41, 68%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#4977dc  rgb(73, 119, 220)  hsl(221, 68%, 57%)  Brandeis Blue
#49dcae  rgb(73, 220, 174)  hsl(161, 68%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae49dc  rgb(174, 73, 220)  hsl(281, 68%, 57%)  Medium Orchid