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#DCAF35

#dcaf35 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcaf35 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 68.63% green and 20.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.45% magenta, 75.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.83°, with 70.46% saturation and 53.53% 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 10.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.17.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4613

Complementary

  1. #dcaf35
  2. #3562dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcaf35
  2. #35b6dc
  3. #5b35dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5b35
  2. #dcaf35
  3. #b6dc35

Triadic

  1. #dcaf35
  2. #35dcaf
  3. #af35dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcaf35
  2. #62dc35
  3. #3562dc
  4. #af35dc

Square

  1. #dcaf35
  2. #35dc5b
  3. #3562dc
  4. #dc35b6

Monochromatic

  1. #664f12
  2. #a7821d
  3. #dcaf35
  4. #e7c976
  5. #f3e3b7

Shades

#dcaf35 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcaf35
  2. #c69e30
  3. #b08c2a
  4. #9a7b25
  5. #846920
  6. #6e581b
  7. #584615
  8. #423510
  9. #2c230b
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcaf35 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcaf35
  2. #e0b749
  3. #e3bf5d
  4. #e7c772
  5. #eacf86
  6. #eed79a
  7. #f1dfae
  8. #f5e7c2
  9. #f8efd7
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcaf35 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcaf35
  2. #d3aa3d
  3. #caa644
  4. #c0a14c
  5. #b79c53
  6. #ae985b
  7. #a59362
  8. #9c8e6a
  9. #928971
  10. #898579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b393 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ae1f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfba3b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceae2a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b639 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a67c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcaf35 {
  color: #dcaf35;
}
Background
.bg-dcaf35 {
  background-color: #dcaf35;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcaf35 {
  border: 2px solid #dcaf35;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcaf35;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 175 53;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 70% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcaf35 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcaf35, #b6dc35);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcaf35 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 175 53 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.22 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.18 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.39 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.94 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.06 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.19 #2350ca Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcaf35  rgb(220, 175, 53)  hsl(44, 70%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#3562dc  rgb(53, 98, 220)  hsl(224, 70%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#35dcaf  rgb(53, 220, 175)  hsl(164, 70%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#af35dc  rgb(175, 53, 220)  hsl(284, 70%, 54%)  Electric Purple