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#DCAF36

#dcaf36 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcaf36 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 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.45% magenta, 75.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.73°, with 70.34% saturation and 53.73% 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 2.18.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4614

Complementary

  1. #dcaf36
  2. #3663dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcaf36
  2. #36b6dc
  3. #5c36dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5c36
  2. #dcaf36
  3. #b6dc36

Triadic

  1. #dcaf36
  2. #36dcaf
  3. #af36dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcaf36
  2. #63dc36
  3. #3663dc
  4. #af36dc

Square

  1. #dcaf36
  2. #36dc5c
  3. #3663dc
  4. #dc36b6

Monochromatic

  1. #675012
  2. #a8831d
  3. #dcaf36
  4. #e7c977
  5. #f3e3b8

Shades

#dcaf36 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcaf36
  2. #c69e31
  3. #b08c2b
  4. #9a7b26
  5. #846920
  6. #6e581b
  7. #584616
  8. #423510
  9. #2c230b
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcaf36 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcaf36
  2. #e0b74a
  3. #e3bf5e
  4. #e7c772
  5. #eacf86
  6. #eed79b
  7. #f1dfaf
  8. #f5e7c3
  9. #f8efd7
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcaf36 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcaf36
  2. #d3aa3d
  3. #caa645
  4. #c0a14c
  5. #b79c54
  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 #c4ae21 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfba3c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceae2b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b63a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a67c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcaf36 {
  color: #dcaf36;
}
Background
.bg-dcaf36 {
  background-color: #dcaf36;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcaf36 {
  border: 2px solid #dcaf36;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcaf36;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 175 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 70% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcaf36 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcaf36, #b6dc36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcaf36 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 175 54 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.18 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.24 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.19 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.42 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.98 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.11 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.22 #2350c9 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcaf36  rgb(220, 175, 54)  hsl(44, 70%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#3663dc  rgb(54, 99, 220)  hsl(224, 70%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#36dcaf  rgb(54, 220, 175)  hsl(164, 70%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#af36dc  rgb(175, 54, 220)  hsl(284, 70%, 54%)  Electric Purple