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#DDAE23

#ddae23 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddae23 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 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.27% magenta, 84.16% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 44.84°, with 73.23% saturation and 50.2% 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 2.6.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4577

Complementary

  1. #ddae23
  2. #2352dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddae23
  2. #23afdd
  3. #5123dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5123
  2. #ddae23
  3. #afdd23

Triadic

  1. #ddae23
  2. #23ddae
  3. #ae23dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddae23
  2. #52dd23
  3. #2352dd
  4. #ae23dd

Square

  1. #ddae23
  2. #23dd51
  3. #2352dd
  4. #dd23af

Monochromatic

  1. #59460e
  2. #9b7a18
  3. #ddae23
  4. #e7c665
  5. #f1dfa8

Shades

#ddae23 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddae23
  2. #c79d20
  3. #b18b1c
  4. #9b7a19
  5. #856815
  6. #6f5712
  7. #58460e
  8. #42340b
  9. #2c2307
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddae23 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddae23
  2. #e0b639
  3. #e4be4f
  4. #e7c665
  5. #ebce7b
  6. #eed791
  7. #f1dfa7
  8. #f5e7bd
  9. #f8efd3
  10. #fcf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddae23 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddae23
  2. #d4a92c
  3. #caa536
  4. #c1a03f
  5. #b89c48
  6. #af9752
  7. #a5925b
  8. #9c8e64
  9. #93896d
  10. #898577
  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 #c6b291 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb92d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09e95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cead0b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b529 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9a478 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddae23 {
  color: #ddae23;
}
Background
.bg-ddae23 {
  background-color: #ddae23;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddae23 {
  border: 2px solid #ddae23;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddae23;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 174 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 73% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddae23 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddae23, #afdd23);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddae23 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 174 35 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.60 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.85 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.93 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.83 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.49 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.63 #2251dc Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddae23  rgb(221, 174, 35)  hsl(45, 73%, 50%)  Meat Brown
#2352dd  rgb(35, 82, 221)  hsl(225, 73%, 50%)  Sapphire
#23ddae  rgb(35, 221, 174)  hsl(165, 73%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#ae23dd  rgb(174, 35, 221)  hsl(285, 73%, 50%)  Dark Orchid