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#DCB862

#dcb862 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dcb862 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 72.16% green and 38.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.36% magenta, 55.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.3°, with 63.54% saturation and 62.35% 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 11.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 5.01.

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Relative luminance0.5038

Complementary

  1. #dcb862
  2. #6286dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb862
  2. #62c3dc
  3. #7b62dc

Analogous

  1. #dc7b62
  2. #dcb862
  3. #c3dc62

Triadic

  1. #dcb862
  2. #62dcb8
  3. #b862dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb862
  2. #86dc62
  3. #6286dc
  4. #b862dc

Square

  1. #dcb862
  2. #62dc7b
  3. #6286dc
  4. #dc62c3

Monochromatic

  1. #87681e
  2. #c5982c
  3. #dcb862
  4. #ead4a1
  5. #f8f1df

Shades

#dcb862 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb862
  2. #c6a658
  3. #b0934e
  4. #9a8145
  5. #846e3b
  6. #6e5c31
  7. #584a27
  8. #42371d
  9. #2c2514
  10. #16120a
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb862 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb862
  2. #e0bf72
  3. #e3c681
  4. #e7cd91
  5. #ead4a1
  6. #eedcb1
  7. #f1e3c0
  8. #f5ead0
  9. #f8f1e0
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb862 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb862
  2. #d3b265
  3. #caad68
  4. #c0a76b
  5. #b7a26e
  6. #ae9c71
  7. #a59674
  8. #9c9177
  9. #928b7a
  10. #89867d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabba0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab75a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2c065 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecaba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b75d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6bd64 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b08e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb862 {
  color: #dcb862;
}
Background
.bg-dcb862 {
  background-color: #dcb862;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb862 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb862;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb862;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 184 98;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 64% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb862 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb862, #c3dc62);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb862 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 184 98 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.01 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.97 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.14 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.56 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.63 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.80 #23479d Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dcb862  rgb(220, 184, 98)  hsl(42, 64%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#6286dc  rgb(98, 134, 220)  hsl(222, 64%, 62%)  Glaucous
#62dcb8  rgb(98, 220, 184)  hsl(162, 64%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b862dc  rgb(184, 98, 220)  hsl(282, 64%, 62%)  Medium Orchid