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#DCB455

#dcb455 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb455 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 33.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.18% magenta, 61.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.22°, with 65.85% saturation and 59.8% 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 3.64.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4851

Complementary

  1. #dcb455
  2. #557ddc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb455
  2. #55c0dc
  3. #7055dc

Analogous

  1. #dc7055
  2. #dcb455
  3. #c0dc55

Triadic

  1. #dcb455
  2. #55dcb4
  3. #b455dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb455
  2. #7ddc55
  3. #557ddc
  4. #b455dc

Square

  1. #dcb455
  2. #55dc70
  3. #557ddc
  4. #dc55c0

Monochromatic

  1. #7e601a
  2. #bd9127
  3. #dcb455
  4. #e9d094
  5. #f6ecd4

Shades

#dcb455 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb455
  2. #c6a24d
  3. #b09044
  4. #9a7e3c
  5. #846c33
  6. #6e5a2b
  7. #584822
  8. #42361a
  9. #2c2411
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb455 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb455
  2. #e0bc66
  3. #e3c377
  4. #e7cb88
  5. #ead299
  6. #eedaaa
  7. #f1e1bb
  8. #f5e9cc
  9. #f8f0dd
  10. #fcf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb455 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb455
  2. #d3af59
  3. #caaa5e
  4. #c0a462
  5. #b79f66
  6. #ae9a6b
  7. #a5956f
  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 #c7b34b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bd59 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda69f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b34f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5ba57 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6ac88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb455 {
  color: #dcb455;
}
Background
.bg-dcb455 {
  background-color: #dcb455;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb455 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb455;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb455;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 180 85;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 66% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb455 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb455, #c0dc55);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb455 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 180 85 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.64 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.77 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.70 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.78 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.53 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.01 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.04 #234baa Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb455  rgb(220, 180, 85)  hsl(42, 66%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#557ddc  rgb(85, 125, 220)  hsl(222, 66%, 60%)  Glaucous
#55dcb4  rgb(85, 220, 180)  hsl(162, 66%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b455dc  rgb(180, 85, 220)  hsl(282, 66%, 60%)  Medium Orchid