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#DCB54E

#dcb54e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb54e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 70.98% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.73% magenta, 64.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.52°, with 66.98% saturation and 58.43% 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 10.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.8.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4881

Complementary

  1. #dcb54e
  2. #4e75dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb54e
  2. #4ebcdc
  3. #6e4edc

Analogous

  1. #dc6e4e
  2. #dcb54e
  3. #bcdc4e

Triadic

  1. #dcb54e
  2. #4edcb5
  3. #b54edc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb54e
  2. #75dc4e
  3. #4e75dc
  4. #b54edc

Square

  1. #dcb54e
  2. #4edc6e
  3. #4e75dc
  4. #dc4ebc

Monochromatic

  1. #795e18
  2. #b99025
  3. #dcb54e
  4. #e9d08e
  5. #f5eace

Shades

#dcb54e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb54e
  2. #c6a346
  3. #b0913e
  4. #9a7f37
  5. #846d2f
  6. #6e5b27
  7. #58481f
  8. #423617
  9. #2c2410
  10. #161208
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb54e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb54e
  2. #e0bc60
  3. #e3c471
  4. #e7cb83
  5. #ead395
  6. #eedaa7
  7. #f1e1b8
  8. #f5e9ca
  9. #f8f0dc
  10. #fcf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb54e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb54e
  2. #d3b053
  3. #caaa58
  4. #c0a55d
  5. #b7a062
  6. #ae9b67
  7. #a5956c
  8. #9c9071
  9. #928b76
  10. #89857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b89a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b342 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2be52 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda79f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b447 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6ba51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7ad86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb54e {
  color: #dcb54e;
}
Background
.bg-dcb54e {
  background-color: #dcb54e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb54e {
  border: 2px solid #dcb54e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb54e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 181 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 67% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb54e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb54e, #bcdc4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb54e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 181 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.80 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.67 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.60 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.18 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.26 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 8.03 #234ab1 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb54e  rgb(220, 181, 78)  hsl(44, 67%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#4e75dc  rgb(78, 117, 220)  hsl(224, 67%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#4edcb5  rgb(78, 220, 181)  hsl(164, 67%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b54edc  rgb(181, 78, 220)  hsl(284, 67%, 58%)  Medium Orchid