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#DCB454

#dcb454 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb454 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 32.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.18% magenta, 61.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.35°, with 66.02% saturation and 59.61% 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 10.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.52.

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Relative luminance0.485

Complementary

  1. #dcb454
  2. #547cdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb454
  2. #54c0dc
  3. #7054dc

Analogous

  1. #dc7054
  2. #dcb454
  3. #c0dc54

Triadic

  1. #dcb454
  2. #54dcb4
  3. #b454dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb454
  2. #7cdc54
  3. #547cdc
  4. #b454dc

Square

  1. #dcb454
  2. #54dc70
  3. #547cdc
  4. #dc54c0

Monochromatic

  1. #7d601a
  2. #bd9127
  3. #dcb454
  4. #e9d094
  5. #f6ecd3

Shades

#dcb454 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb454
  2. #c6a24c
  3. #b09043
  4. #9a7e3b
  5. #846c32
  6. #6e5a2a
  7. #584822
  8. #423619
  9. #2c2411
  10. #161208
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb454 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb454
  2. #e0bc65
  3. #e3c376
  4. #e7cb87
  5. #ead298
  6. #eedaaa
  7. #f1e1bb
  8. #f5e9cc
  9. #f8f0dd
  10. #fcf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb454 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb454
  2. #d3af58
  3. #caaa5d
  4. #c0a461
  5. #b79f66
  6. #ae9a6a
  7. #a5956e
  8. #9c9073
  9. #928a77
  10. #89857c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b79b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b34a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bd58 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda69f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b34e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5ba56 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6ac87 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb454 {
  color: #dcb454;
}
Background
.bg-dcb454 {
  background-color: #dcb454;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb454 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb454;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb454;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 180 84;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 66% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb454 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb454, #c0dc54);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb454 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 180 84 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.52 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.64 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.59 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.71 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.51 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.93 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.10 #234bab Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb454  rgb(220, 180, 84)  hsl(42, 66%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#547cdc  rgb(84, 124, 220)  hsl(222, 66%, 60%)  Glaucous
#54dcb4  rgb(84, 220, 180)  hsl(162, 66%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b454dc  rgb(180, 84, 220)  hsl(282, 66%, 60%)  Medium Orchid