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#DCB44D

#dcb44d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb44d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 70.59% green and 30.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.18% magenta, 65% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.22°, with 67.14% saturation and 58.24% 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 10.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.75.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4839

Complementary

  1. #dcb44d
  2. #4d75dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb44d
  2. #4dbddc
  3. #6d4ddc

Analogous

  1. #dc6d4d
  2. #dcb44d
  3. #bddc4d

Triadic

  1. #dcb44d
  2. #4ddcb4
  3. #b44ddc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb44d
  2. #75dc4d
  3. #4d75dc
  4. #b44ddc

Square

  1. #dcb44d
  2. #4ddc6d
  3. #4d75dc
  4. #dc4dbd

Monochromatic

  1. #785d18
  2. #b88f24
  3. #dcb44d
  4. #e9cf8d
  5. #f5eacd

Shades

#dcb44d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb44d
  2. #c6a245
  3. #b0903e
  4. #9a7e36
  5. #846c2e
  6. #6e5a27
  7. #58481f
  8. #423617
  9. #2c240f
  10. #161208
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb44d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb44d
  2. #e0bc5f
  3. #e3c371
  4. #e7cb82
  5. #ead294
  6. #eedaa6
  7. #f1e1b8
  8. #f5e9ca
  9. #f8f0db
  10. #fcf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb44d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb44d
  2. #d3af52
  3. #caaa57
  4. #c0a45c
  5. #b79f61
  6. #ae9a67
  7. #a5956c
  8. #9c9071
  9. #928a76
  10. #89857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b799 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b341 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bd51 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda69e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b346 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6ba50 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7ac85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb44d {
  color: #dcb44d;
}
Background
.bg-dcb44d {
  background-color: #dcb44d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb44d {
  border: 2px solid #dcb44d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb44d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 180 77;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 67% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb44d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb44d, #bddc4d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb44d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 180 77 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.80 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.91 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.29 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.28 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.48 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.76 #234bb2 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb44d  rgb(220, 180, 77)  hsl(43, 67%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#4d75dc  rgb(77, 117, 220)  hsl(223, 67%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#4ddcb4  rgb(77, 220, 180)  hsl(163, 67%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b44ddc  rgb(180, 77, 220)  hsl(283, 67%, 58%)  Medium Orchid