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#DDAE1E

#ddae1e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddae1e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 68.24% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.27% magenta, 86.43% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 45.24°, with 76.1% saturation and 49.22% 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 10.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.75.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4574

Complementary

  1. #ddae1e
  2. #1e4ddd

Split complementary

  1. #ddae1e
  2. #1eaddd
  3. #4f1edd

Analogous

  1. #dd4f1e
  2. #ddae1e
  3. #addd1e

Triadic

  1. #ddae1e
  2. #1eddae
  3. #ae1edd

Tetradic

  1. #ddae1e
  2. #4ddd1e
  3. #1e4ddd
  4. #ae1edd

Square

  1. #ddae1e
  2. #1edd4f
  3. #1e4ddd
  4. #dd1ead

Monochromatic

  1. #56440c
  2. #9a7915
  3. #ddae1e
  4. #e9c75e
  5. #f2dea2

Shades

#ddae1e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddae1e
  2. #c79d1b
  3. #b18b18
  4. #9b7a15
  5. #856812
  6. #6f570f
  7. #58460c
  8. #423409
  9. #2c2306
  10. #161103
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddae1e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddae1e
  2. #e0b635
  3. #e4be4b
  4. #e7c662
  5. #ebce78
  6. #eed78f
  7. #f1dfa5
  8. #f5e7bc
  9. #f8efd2
  10. #fcf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddae1e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddae1e
  2. #d4a928
  3. #caa532
  4. #c1a03b
  5. #b89c45
  6. #af974f
  7. #a59259
  8. #9c8e63
  9. #93896c
  10. #898576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b290 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb929 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09d95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfad00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b525 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9a477 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddae1e {
  color: #ddae1e;
}
Background
.bg-ddae1e {
  background-color: #ddae1e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddae1e {
  border: 2px solid #ddae1e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddae1e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 174 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 76% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddae1e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddae1e, #addd1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddae1e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 174 30 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.98 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.07 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.69 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.85 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.39 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.57 #2251e1 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddae1e  rgb(221, 174, 30)  hsl(45, 76%, 49%)  Meat Brown
#1e4ddd  rgb(30, 77, 221)  hsl(225, 76%, 49%)  Sapphire
#1eddae  rgb(30, 221, 174)  hsl(165, 76%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#ae1edd  rgb(174, 30, 221)  hsl(285, 76%, 49%)  Dark Orchid