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#DCAF49

#dcaf49 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcaf49 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 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.45% magenta, 66.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.63°, 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 10.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.31.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4636

Complementary

  1. #dcaf49
  2. #4976dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcaf49
  2. #49c0dc
  3. #6549dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6549
  2. #dcaf49
  3. #c0dc49

Triadic

  1. #dcaf49
  2. #49dcaf
  3. #af49dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcaf49
  2. #76dc49
  3. #4976dc
  4. #af49dc

Square

  1. #dcaf49
  2. #49dc65
  3. #4976dc
  4. #dc49c0

Monochromatic

  1. #755817
  2. #b68923
  3. #dcaf49
  4. #e8cb89
  5. #f5e7c9

Shades

#dcaf49 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcaf49
  2. #c69e42
  3. #b08c3a
  4. #9a7b33
  5. #84692c
  6. #6e5825
  7. #58461d
  8. #423516
  9. #2c230f
  10. #161207
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcaf49 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcaf49
  2. #e0b75b
  3. #e3bf6d
  4. #e7c780
  5. #eacf92
  6. #eed7a4
  7. #f1dfb6
  8. #f5e7c8
  9. #f8efdb
  10. #fcf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcaf49 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcaf49
  2. #d3aa4f
  3. #caa654
  4. #c0a15a
  5. #b79c5f
  6. #ae9865
  7. #a5936a
  8. #9c8e70
  9. #928975
  10. #89857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b396 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ae3d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceba4d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea099 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceaf42 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b64c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a681 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcaf49 {
  color: #dcaf49;
}
Background
.bg-dcaf49 {
  background-color: #dcaf49;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcaf49 {
  border: 2px solid #dcaf49;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcaf49;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 175 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 68% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcaf49 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcaf49, #c0dc49);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcaf49 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 175 73 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.31 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.52 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.00 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.20 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.37 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.01 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.15 #2350b6 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcaf49  rgb(220, 175, 73)  hsl(42, 68%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#4976dc  rgb(73, 118, 220)  hsl(222, 68%, 57%)  Brandeis Blue
#49dcaf  rgb(73, 220, 175)  hsl(162, 68%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#af49dc  rgb(175, 73, 220)  hsl(282, 68%, 57%)  Medium Orchid