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#DCB346

#dcb346 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb346 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 70.2% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.64% magenta, 68.18% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.6°, with 68.18% saturation and 56.86% 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 10.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.23.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.479

Complementary

  1. #dcb346
  2. #466fdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb346
  2. #46badc
  3. #6846dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6846
  2. #dcb346
  3. #badc46

Triadic

  1. #dcb346
  2. #46dcb3
  3. #b346dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb346
  2. #6fdc46
  3. #466fdc
  4. #b346dc

Square

  1. #dcb346
  2. #46dc68
  3. #466fdc
  4. #dc46ba

Monochromatic

  1. #735a16
  2. #b48c22
  3. #dcb346
  4. #e8cd86
  5. #f4e8c7

Shades

#dcb346 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb346
  2. #c6a13f
  3. #b08f38
  4. #9a7d31
  5. #846b2a
  6. #6e5a23
  7. #58481c
  8. #423615
  9. #2c240e
  10. #161207
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb346 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb346
  2. #e0bb59
  3. #e3c26b
  4. #e7ca7e
  5. #ead190
  6. #eed9a3
  7. #f1e1b5
  8. #f5e8c8
  9. #f8f0da
  10. #fcf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb346 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb346
  2. #d3ae4c
  3. #caa952
  4. #c0a457
  5. #b79f5d
  6. #ae9a63
  7. #a59469
  8. #9c8f6f
  9. #928a74
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b698 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b238 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bd4b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea49c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b23e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b949 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7aa82 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb346 {
  color: #dcb346;
}
Background
.bg-dcb346 {
  background-color: #dcb346;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb346 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb346;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb346;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 179 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 68% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb346 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb346, #badc46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb346 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 179 70 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.23 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.25 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.72 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.74 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.94 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.80 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.59 #234cb9 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb346  rgb(220, 179, 70)  hsl(44, 68%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#466fdc  rgb(70, 111, 220)  hsl(224, 68%, 57%)  Royal Blue
#46dcb3  rgb(70, 220, 179)  hsl(164, 68%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b346dc  rgb(179, 70, 220)  hsl(284, 68%, 57%)  Medium Orchid