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#DCAE50

#dcae50 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcae50 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 31.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.91% magenta, 63.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 40.29°, with 66.67% saturation and 58.82% 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 10.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4607

Complementary

  1. #dcae50
  2. #507edc

Split complementary

  1. #dcae50
  2. #50c4dc
  3. #6850dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6850
  2. #dcae50
  3. #c4dc50

Triadic

  1. #dcae50
  2. #50dcae
  3. #ae50dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcae50
  2. #7edc50
  3. #507edc
  4. #ae50dc

Square

  1. #dcae50
  2. #50dc68
  3. #507edc
  4. #dc50c4

Monochromatic

  1. #7a5a18
  2. #ba8925
  3. #dcae50
  4. #e9cc90
  5. #f5e9cf

Shades

#dcae50 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcae50
  2. #c69d48
  3. #b08b40
  4. #9a7a38
  5. #846830
  6. #6e5728
  7. #584620
  8. #423418
  9. #2c2310
  10. #161108
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcae50 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcae50
  2. #e0b662
  3. #e3be73
  4. #e7c685
  5. #eace96
  6. #eed7a8
  7. #f1dfb9
  8. #f5e7cb
  9. #f8efdc
  10. #fcf7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcae50 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcae50
  2. #d3a955
  3. #caa55a
  4. #c0a05e
  5. #b79c63
  6. #ae9768
  7. #a5926d
  8. #9c8e72
  9. #928976
  10. #89857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b297 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ae46 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdba53 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea099 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdae4a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b552 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a682 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcae50 {
  color: #dcae50;
}
Background
.bg-dcae50 {
  background-color: #dcae50;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcae50 {
  border: 2px solid #dcae50;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcae50;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 174 80;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 67% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcae50 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcae50, #c4dc50);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcae50 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 174 80 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.43 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.61 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.70 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.05 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.75 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.40 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.77 #2351af Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcae50  rgb(220, 174, 80)  hsl(40, 67%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#507edc  rgb(80, 126, 220)  hsl(220, 67%, 59%)  Glaucous
#50dcae  rgb(80, 220, 174)  hsl(160, 67%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ae50dc  rgb(174, 80, 220)  hsl(280, 67%, 59%)  Medium Orchid