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#DCB45D

#dcb45d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dcb45d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 70.59% green and 36.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.18% magenta, 57.73% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.1°, with 64.47% saturation and 61.37% 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 10.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.73.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4865

Complementary

  1. #dcb45d
  2. #5d85dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb45d
  2. #5dc5dc
  3. #745ddc

Analogous

  1. #dc745d
  2. #dcb45d
  3. #c5dc5d

Triadic

  1. #dcb45d
  2. #5ddcb4
  3. #b45ddc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb45d
  2. #85dc5d
  3. #5d85dc
  4. #b45ddc

Square

  1. #dcb45d
  2. #5ddc74
  3. #5d85dc
  4. #dc5dc5

Monochromatic

  1. #84631c
  2. #c2922a
  3. #dcb45d
  4. #ead19c
  5. #f7eedb

Shades

#dcb45d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb45d
  2. #c6a254
  3. #b0904a
  4. #9a7e41
  5. #846c38
  6. #6e5a2f
  7. #584825
  8. #42361c
  9. #2c2413
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb45d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb45d
  2. #e0bc6d
  3. #e3c37d
  4. #e7cb8e
  5. #ead29e
  6. #eedaae
  7. #f1e1be
  8. #f5e9ce
  9. #f8f0df
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb45d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb45d
  2. #d3af61
  3. #caaa64
  4. #c0a468
  5. #b79f6b
  6. #ae9a6f
  7. #a59572
  8. #9c9076
  9. #928a79
  10. #89857d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b79d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b355 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0be60 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda7a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfb358 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5ba5f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6ac8a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb45d {
  color: #dcb45d;
}
Background
.bg-dcb45d {
  background-color: #dcb45d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb45d {
  border: 2px solid #dcb45d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb45d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 180 93;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 64% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb45d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb45d, #c5dc5d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb45d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 180 93 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.73 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.92 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.31 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.49 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.70 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.82 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 7.85 #234ba2 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb45d  rgb(220, 180, 93)  hsl(41, 64%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#5d85dc  rgb(93, 133, 220)  hsl(221, 64%, 61%)  Glaucous
#5ddcb4  rgb(93, 220, 180)  hsl(161, 64%, 61%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b45ddc  rgb(180, 93, 220)  hsl(281, 64%, 61%)  Medium Orchid