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#DCB259

#dcb259 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb259 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 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.09% magenta, 59.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 40.76°, with 65.17% saturation and 60.59% 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 10.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.55.

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Relative luminance0.4778

Complementary

  1. #dcb259
  2. #5983dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb259
  2. #59c5dc
  3. #7159dc

Analogous

  1. #dc7159
  2. #dcb259
  3. #c5dc59

Triadic

  1. #dcb259
  2. #59dcb2
  3. #b259dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb259
  2. #83dc59
  3. #5983dc
  4. #b259dc

Square

  1. #dcb259
  2. #59dc71
  3. #5983dc
  4. #dc59c5

Monochromatic

  1. #81601b
  2. #c08f28
  3. #dcb259
  4. #e9cf98
  5. #f7edd7

Shades

#dcb259 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb259
  2. #c6a050
  3. #b08e47
  4. #9a7d3e
  5. #846b35
  6. #6e592d
  7. #584724
  8. #42351b
  9. #2c2412
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb259 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb259
  2. #e0ba6a
  3. #e3c17a
  4. #e7c98b
  5. #ead19b
  6. #eed9ac
  7. #f1e0bd
  8. #f5e8cd
  9. #f8f0de
  10. #fcf7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb259 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb259
  2. #d3ad5d
  3. #caa861
  4. #c0a365
  5. #b79e69
  6. #ae996d
  7. #a59470
  8. #9c8f74
  9. #928a78
  10. #89857c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b59b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5b150 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfbc5c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda49e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceb254 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b85b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6aa88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb259 {
  color: #dcb259;
}
Background
.bg-dcb259 {
  background-color: #dcb259;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb259 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb259;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb259;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 178 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 65% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb259 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb259, #c5dc59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb259 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 178 89 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.55 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.77 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.80 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.86 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.89 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.25 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.98 #234da6 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb259  rgb(220, 178, 89)  hsl(41, 65%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#5983dc  rgb(89, 131, 220)  hsl(221, 65%, 61%)  Glaucous
#59dcb2  rgb(89, 220, 178)  hsl(161, 65%, 61%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b259dc  rgb(178, 89, 220)  hsl(281, 65%, 61%)  Medium Orchid