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#DCB152

#dcb152 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb152 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 69.41% green and 32.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.55% magenta, 62.73% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.3°, 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 10.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.82.

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Relative luminance0.4727

Complementary

  1. #dcb152
  2. #527ddc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb152
  2. #52c2dc
  3. #6c52dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6c52
  2. #dcb152
  3. #c2dc52

Triadic

  1. #dcb152
  2. #52dcb1
  3. #b152dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb152
  2. #7ddc52
  3. #527ddc
  4. #b152dc

Square

  1. #dcb152
  2. #52dc6c
  3. #527ddc
  4. #dc52c2

Monochromatic

  1. #7c5d19
  2. #bc8d26
  3. #dcb152
  4. #e9ce92
  5. #f6ead1

Shades

#dcb152 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb152
  2. #c69f4a
  3. #b08e42
  4. #9a7c39
  5. #846a31
  6. #6e5929
  7. #584721
  8. #423519
  9. #2c2310
  10. #161208
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb152 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb152
  2. #e0b963
  3. #e3c175
  4. #e7c886
  5. #ead097
  6. #eed8a9
  7. #f1e0ba
  8. #f5e8cb
  9. #f8efdc
  10. #fcf7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb152 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb152
  2. #d3ac57
  3. #caa75b
  4. #c0a260
  5. #b79d64
  6. #ae9969
  7. #a5946e
  8. #9c8f72
  9. #928a77
  10. #89857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b599 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4b048 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfbc56 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda39c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceb14c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b754 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a985 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb152 {
  color: #dcb152;
}
Background
.bg-dcb152 {
  background-color: #dcb152;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb152 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb152;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb152;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 177 82;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 66% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb152 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb152, #c2dc52);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb152 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 177 82 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.82 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.03 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.05 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.06 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.45 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.31 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.45 #234ead Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb152  rgb(220, 177, 82)  hsl(41, 66%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#527ddc  rgb(82, 125, 220)  hsl(221, 66%, 59%)  Glaucous
#52dcb1  rgb(82, 220, 177)  hsl(161, 66%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b152dc  rgb(177, 82, 220)  hsl(281, 66%, 59%)  Medium Orchid