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#DCB655

#dcb655 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb655 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 71.37% green and 33.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.27% magenta, 61.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.11°, 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 10.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.48.

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Relative luminance0.4933

Complementary

  1. #dcb655
  2. #557bdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb655
  2. #55bedc
  3. #7255dc

Analogous

  1. #dc7255
  2. #dcb655
  3. #bedc55

Triadic

  1. #dcb655
  2. #55dcb6
  3. #b655dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb655
  2. #7bdc55
  3. #557bdc
  4. #b655dc

Square

  1. #dcb655
  2. #55dc72
  3. #557bdc
  4. #dc55be

Monochromatic

  1. #7e621a
  2. #bd9327
  3. #dcb655
  4. #e9d194
  5. #f6ecd4

Shades

#dcb655 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb655
  2. #c6a44d
  3. #b09244
  4. #9a7f3c
  5. #846d33
  6. #6e5b2b
  7. #584922
  8. #42371a
  9. #2c2411
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb655 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb655
  2. #e0bd66
  3. #e3c577
  4. #e7cc88
  5. #ead399
  6. #eedbaa
  7. #f1e2bb
  8. #f5e9cc
  9. #f8f0dd
  10. #fcf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb655 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb655
  2. #d3b159
  3. #caab5e
  4. #c0a662
  5. #b7a066
  6. #ae9b6b
  7. #a5966f
  8. #9c9073
  9. #928b77
  10. #89857c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b99c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b44b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bf59 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda8a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b54f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6bb57 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6ae89 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb655 {
  color: #dcb655;
}
Background
.bg-dcb655 {
  background-color: #dcb655;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb655 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb655;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb655;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 182 85;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 66% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb655 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb655, #bedc55);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb655 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 182 85 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.48 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.52 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.05 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.04 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.21 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.65 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.84 #2349aa Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb655  rgb(220, 182, 85)  hsl(43, 66%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#557bdc  rgb(85, 123, 220)  hsl(223, 66%, 60%)  Glaucous
#55dcb6  rgb(85, 220, 182)  hsl(163, 66%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b655dc  rgb(182, 85, 220)  hsl(283, 66%, 60%)  Medium Orchid