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#DCBD79

#dcbd79 ≈ Burly Wood

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dcbd79 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 74.12% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.09% magenta, 45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.21°, with 58.58% saturation and 66.86% 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 11.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Burly Wood (#deb887), ΔE 5.62.

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Relative luminance0.5299

Complementary

  1. #dcbd79
  2. #7998dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbd79
  2. #79c9dc
  3. #8b79dc

Analogous

  1. #dc8b79
  2. #dcbd79
  3. #c9dc79

Triadic

  1. #dcbd79
  2. #79dcbd
  3. #bd79dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbd79
  2. #98dc79
  3. #7998dc
  4. #bd79dc

Square

  1. #dcbd79
  2. #79dc8b
  3. #7998dc
  4. #dc79c9

Monochromatic

  1. #957327
  2. #cc9f3c
  3. #dcbd79
  4. #ecdbb6
  5. #fbf7ef

Shades

#dcbd79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbd79
  2. #c6aa6d
  3. #b09761
  4. #9a8455
  5. #847149
  6. #6e5f3d
  7. #584c30
  8. #423924
  9. #2c2618
  10. #16130c
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbd79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbd79
  2. #e0c486
  3. #e3ca94
  4. #e7d1a1
  5. #ead7af
  6. #eedebc
  7. #f1e5c9
  8. #f5ebd7
  9. #f8f2e4
  10. #fcf8f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbd79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbd79
  2. #d3b77a
  3. #cab17a
  4. #c0ab7b
  5. #b7a57c
  6. #ae9f7d
  7. #a5987d
  8. #9c927e
  9. #928c7f
  10. #89867f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbfa9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccbc74 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4c47b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eab2ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3bc76 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7c17a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5b79a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbd79 {
  color: #dcbd79;
}
Background
.bg-dcbd79 {
  background-color: #dcbd79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbd79 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbd79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbd79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 189 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 59% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbd79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbd79, #c9dc79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbd79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 189 121 / 0.35);
}

#deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 5.62 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.43 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 6.99 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.05 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 7.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.24 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 8.32 #234286 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Burly Wood
#dcbd79  rgb(220, 189, 121)  hsl(41, 59%, 67%)  Burly Wood
#7998dc  rgb(121, 152, 220)  hsl(221, 59%, 67%)  Cornflower Blue
#79dcbd  rgb(121, 220, 189)  hsl(161, 59%, 67%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bd79dc  rgb(189, 121, 220)  hsl(281, 59%, 67%)  Floral Lavender