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#DCB65C

#dcb65c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb65c 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 36.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.27% magenta, 58.18% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.19°, with 64.65% saturation and 61.18% 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 10.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.33.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4944

Complementary

  1. #dcb65c
  2. #5c82dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb65c
  2. #5cc2dc
  3. #765cdc

Analogous

  1. #dc765c
  2. #dcb65c
  3. #c2dc5c

Triadic

  1. #dcb65c
  2. #5cdcb6
  3. #b65cdc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb65c
  2. #82dc5c
  3. #5c82dc
  4. #b65cdc

Square

  1. #dcb65c
  2. #5cdc76
  3. #5c82dc
  4. #dc5cc2

Monochromatic

  1. #83641c
  2. #c2952a
  3. #dcb65c
  4. #ead29b
  5. #f7eeda

Shades

#dcb65c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb65c
  2. #c6a453
  3. #b0924a
  4. #9a7f40
  5. #846d37
  6. #6e5b2e
  7. #584925
  8. #42371c
  9. #2c2412
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb65c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb65c
  2. #e0bd6c
  3. #e3c57d
  4. #e7cc8d
  5. #ead39d
  6. #eedbae
  7. #f1e2be
  8. #f5e9ce
  9. #f8f0de
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb65c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb65c
  2. #d3b160
  3. #caab63
  4. #c0a667
  5. #b7a06a
  6. #ae9b6e
  7. #a59672
  8. #9c9075
  9. #928b79
  10. #89857c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b99d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b553 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bf5f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eda9a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b557 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6bb5e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6ae8b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb65c {
  color: #dcb65c;
}
Background
.bg-dcb65c {
  background-color: #dcb65c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb65c {
  border: 2px solid #dcb65c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb65c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 182 92;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 65% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb65c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb65c, #c2dc5c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb65c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 182 92 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.33 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.45 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.90 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.21 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.70 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.24 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.42 #2349a3 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb65c  rgb(220, 182, 92)  hsl(42, 65%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#5c82dc  rgb(92, 130, 220)  hsl(222, 65%, 61%)  Glaucous
#5cdcb6  rgb(92, 220, 182)  hsl(162, 65%, 61%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b65cdc  rgb(182, 92, 220)  hsl(282, 65%, 61%)  Medium Orchid