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#DCB241

#dcb241 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb241 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 69.8% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.09% magenta, 70.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.74°, with 68.89% saturation and 55.88% 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 10.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.02.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4744

Complementary

  1. #dcb241
  2. #416bdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb241
  2. #41b9dc
  3. #6441dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6441
  2. #dcb241
  3. #b9dc41

Triadic

  1. #dcb241
  2. #41dcb2
  3. #b241dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb241
  2. #6bdc41
  3. #416bdc
  4. #b241dc

Square

  1. #dcb241
  2. #41dc64
  3. #416bdc
  4. #dc41b9

Monochromatic

  1. #6f5715
  2. #b08920
  3. #dcb241
  4. #e8cc82
  5. #f4e6c2

Shades

#dcb241 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb241
  2. #c6a03b
  3. #b08e34
  4. #9a7d2e
  5. #846b27
  6. #6e5921
  7. #58471a
  8. #423514
  9. #2c240d
  10. #161207
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb241 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb241
  2. #e0ba54
  3. #e3c167
  4. #e7c97a
  5. #ead18d
  6. #eed9a0
  7. #f1e0b3
  8. #f5e8c6
  9. #f8f0d9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb241 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb241
  2. #d3ad47
  3. #caa84e
  4. #c0a354
  5. #b79e5a
  6. #ae9961
  7. #a59467
  8. #9c8f6d
  9. #928a73
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b596 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b132 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bc46 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea39b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfb138 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b844 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a980 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb241 {
  color: #dcb241;
}
Background
.bg-dcb241 {
  background-color: #dcb241;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb241 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb241;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb241;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 178 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 69% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb241 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb241, #b9dc41);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb241 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 178 65 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.02 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.03 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.31 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.78 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.83 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.12 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.35 #234dbe Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb241  rgb(220, 178, 65)  hsl(44, 69%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#416bdc  rgb(65, 107, 220)  hsl(224, 69%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#41dcb2  rgb(65, 220, 178)  hsl(164, 69%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b241dc  rgb(178, 65, 220)  hsl(284, 69%, 56%)  Medium Orchid