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#DCB048

#dcb048 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb048 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 69.02% green and 28.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 67.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.16°, with 67.89% saturation and 57.25% 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 10.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.93.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4673

Complementary

  1. #dcb048
  2. #4874dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb048
  2. #48bedc
  3. #6648dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6648
  2. #dcb048
  3. #bedc48

Triadic

  1. #dcb048
  2. #48dcb0
  3. #b048dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb048
  2. #74dc48
  3. #4874dc
  4. #b048dc

Square

  1. #dcb048
  2. #48dc66
  3. #4874dc
  4. #dc48be

Monochromatic

  1. #755916
  2. #b58923
  3. #dcb048
  4. #e8cc88
  5. #f5e7c8

Shades

#dcb048 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb048
  2. #c69e41
  3. #b08d3a
  4. #9a7b32
  5. #846a2b
  6. #6e5824
  7. #58461d
  8. #423516
  9. #2c230e
  10. #161207
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb048 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb048
  2. #e0b85a
  3. #e3c06d
  4. #e7c87f
  5. #ead091
  6. #eed8a4
  7. #f1dfb6
  8. #f5e7c8
  9. #f8efda
  10. #fcf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb048 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb048
  2. #d3ab4e
  3. #caa653
  4. #c0a259
  5. #b79d5e
  6. #ae9864
  7. #a5936a
  8. #9c8e6f
  9. #928a75
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b496 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4af3c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfbb4c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea19a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceb041 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b74b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a781 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb048 {
  color: #dcb048;
}
Background
.bg-dcb048 {
  background-color: #dcb048;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb048 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb048;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb048;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 176 72;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 68% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb048 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb048, #bedc48);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb048 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 176 72 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.93 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.11 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.09 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.92 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.69 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.79 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.35 #234fb7 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb048  rgb(220, 176, 72)  hsl(42, 68%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#4874dc  rgb(72, 116, 220)  hsl(222, 68%, 57%)  Royal Blue
#48dcb0  rgb(72, 220, 176)  hsl(162, 68%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b048dc  rgb(176, 72, 220)  hsl(282, 68%, 57%)  Medium Orchid