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#DCB459

#dcb459 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb459 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 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.18% magenta, 59.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.68°, 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 10.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.16.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4858

Complementary

  1. #dcb459
  2. #5981dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb459
  2. #59c2dc
  3. #7359dc

Analogous

  1. #dc7359
  2. #dcb459
  3. #c2dc59

Triadic

  1. #dcb459
  2. #59dcb4
  3. #b459dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb459
  2. #81dc59
  3. #5981dc
  4. #b459dc

Square

  1. #dcb459
  2. #59dc73
  3. #5981dc
  4. #dc59c2

Monochromatic

  1. #81621b
  2. #c09228
  3. #dcb459
  4. #e9d198
  5. #f7edd7

Shades

#dcb459 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb459
  2. #c6a250
  3. #b09047
  4. #9a7e3e
  5. #846c35
  6. #6e5a2d
  7. #584824
  8. #42361b
  9. #2c2412
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb459 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb459
  2. #e0bc6a
  3. #e3c37a
  4. #e7cb8b
  5. #ead29b
  6. #eedaac
  7. #f1e1bd
  8. #f5e9cd
  9. #f8f0de
  10. #fcf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb459 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb459
  2. #d3af5d
  3. #caaa61
  4. #c0a465
  5. #b79f69
  6. #ae9a6d
  7. #a59570
  8. #9c9074
  9. #928a78
  10. #89857c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b79c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b350 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0be5c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda6a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b354 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5ba5b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6ac89 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb459 {
  color: #dcb459;
}
Background
.bg-dcb459 {
  background-color: #dcb459;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb459 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb459;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb459;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 180 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 65% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb459 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb459, #c2dc59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb459 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 180 89 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.16 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.33 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.11 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.64 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.65 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.48 #234ba6 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb459  rgb(220, 180, 89)  hsl(42, 65%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#5981dc  rgb(89, 129, 220)  hsl(222, 65%, 61%)  Glaucous
#59dcb4  rgb(89, 220, 180)  hsl(162, 65%, 61%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b459dc  rgb(180, 89, 220)  hsl(282, 65%, 61%)  Medium Orchid