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#DCAF40

#dcaf40 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcaf40 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 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.45% magenta, 70.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.69°, with 69.03% saturation and 55.69% 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 10.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.55.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4625

Complementary

  1. #dcaf40
  2. #406ddc

Split complementary

  1. #dcaf40
  2. #40bbdc
  3. #6140dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6140
  2. #dcaf40
  3. #bbdc40

Triadic

  1. #dcaf40
  2. #40dcaf
  3. #af40dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcaf40
  2. #6ddc40
  3. #406ddc
  4. #af40dc

Square

  1. #dcaf40
  2. #40dc61
  3. #406ddc
  4. #dc40bb

Monochromatic

  1. #6f5514
  2. #af8620
  3. #dcaf40
  4. #e8ca81
  5. #f4e5c1

Shades

#dcaf40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcaf40
  2. #c69e3a
  3. #b08c33
  4. #9a7b2d
  5. #846926
  6. #6e5820
  7. #58461a
  8. #423513
  9. #2c230d
  10. #161206
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcaf40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcaf40
  2. #e0b753
  3. #e3bf66
  4. #e7c779
  5. #eacf8c
  6. #eed7a0
  7. #f1dfb3
  8. #f5e7c6
  9. #f8efd9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcaf40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcaf40
  2. #d3aa46
  3. #caa64d
  4. #c0a153
  5. #b79c5a
  6. #ae9860
  7. #a59366
  8. #9c8e6d
  9. #928973
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b394 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ae31 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceba45 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea098 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceae37 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b643 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a67e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcaf40 {
  color: #dcaf40;
}
Background
.bg-dcaf40 {
  background-color: #dcaf40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcaf40 {
  border: 2px solid #dcaf40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcaf40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 175 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 69% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcaf40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcaf40, #bbdc40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcaf40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 175 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.55 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.71 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.43 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.79 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.48 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.12 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.13 #2350bf Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcaf40  rgb(220, 175, 64)  hsl(43, 69%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#406ddc  rgb(64, 109, 220)  hsl(223, 69%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#40dcaf  rgb(64, 220, 175)  hsl(163, 69%, 56%)  Caribbean Green
#af40dc  rgb(175, 64, 220)  hsl(283, 69%, 56%)  Electric Purple