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#DCB052

#dcb052 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb052 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 32.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 62.73% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 40.87°, with 66.35% saturation and 59.22% 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 10.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.08.

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Relative luminance0.4688

Complementary

  1. #dcb052
  2. #527edc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb052
  2. #52c3dc
  3. #6b52dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6b52
  2. #dcb052
  3. #c3dc52

Triadic

  1. #dcb052
  2. #52dcb0
  3. #b052dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb052
  2. #7edc52
  3. #527edc
  4. #b052dc

Square

  1. #dcb052
  2. #52dc6b
  3. #527edc
  4. #dc52c3

Monochromatic

  1. #7c5c19
  2. #bc8c26
  3. #dcb052
  4. #e9cd92
  5. #f6ead1

Shades

#dcb052 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb052
  2. #c69e4a
  3. #b08d42
  4. #9a7b39
  5. #846a31
  6. #6e5829
  7. #584621
  8. #423519
  9. #2c2310
  10. #161208
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb052 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb052
  2. #e0b863
  3. #e3c075
  4. #e7c886
  5. #ead097
  6. #eed8a9
  7. #f1dfba
  8. #f5e7cb
  9. #f8efdc
  10. #fcf7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb052 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb052
  2. #d3ab57
  3. #caa65b
  4. #c0a260
  5. #b79d64
  6. #ae9869
  7. #a5936e
  8. #9c8e72
  9. #928a77
  10. #89857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b498 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3b048 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cebb55 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceb04c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b754 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a884 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb052 {
  color: #dcb052;
}
Background
.bg-dcb052 {
  background-color: #dcb052;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb052 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb052;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb052;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 176 82;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 66% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb052 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb052, #c3dc52);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb052 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 176 82 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.08 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.32 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.94 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.65 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.83 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.38 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.61 #234fad Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb052  rgb(220, 176, 82)  hsl(41, 66%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#527edc  rgb(82, 126, 220)  hsl(221, 66%, 59%)  Glaucous
#52dcb0  rgb(82, 220, 176)  hsl(161, 66%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b052dc  rgb(176, 82, 220)  hsl(281, 66%, 59%)  Medium Orchid