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#DDAE2C

#ddae2c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddae2c 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 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.27% magenta, 80.09% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 44.07°, with 72.24% saturation and 51.96% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.38.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4583

Complementary

  1. #ddae2c
  2. #2c5bdd

Split complementary

  1. #ddae2c
  2. #2cb3dd
  3. #562cdd

Analogous

  1. #dd562c
  2. #ddae2c
  3. #b3dd2c

Triadic

  1. #ddae2c
  2. #2cddae
  3. #ae2cdd

Tetradic

  1. #ddae2c
  2. #5bdd2c
  3. #2c5bdd
  4. #ae2cdd

Square

  1. #ddae2c
  2. #2cdd56
  3. #2c5bdd
  4. #dd2cb3

Monochromatic

  1. #604b10
  2. #a27e1a
  3. #ddae2c
  4. #e8c76e
  5. #f2e1b0

Shades

#ddae2c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddae2c
  2. #c79d28
  3. #b18b23
  4. #9b7a1f
  5. #85681a
  6. #6f5716
  7. #584612
  8. #42340d
  9. #2c2309
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddae2c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddae2c
  2. #e0b641
  3. #e4be56
  4. #e7c66b
  5. #ebce80
  6. #eed796
  7. #f1dfab
  8. #f5e7c0
  9. #f8efd5
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddae2c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddae2c
  2. #d4a934
  3. #caa53d
  4. #c1a045
  5. #b89c4e
  6. #af9756
  7. #a5925e
  8. #9c8e67
  9. #93896f
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b291 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad0b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfba34 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cead1d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b531 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9a579 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddae2c {
  color: #ddae2c;
}
Background
.bg-ddae2c {
  background-color: #ddae2c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddae2c {
  border: 2px solid #ddae2c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddae2c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 174 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 72% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddae2c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddae2c, #b3dd2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddae2c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 174 44 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.71 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.86 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.89 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.74 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.81 #2251d3 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddae2c  rgb(221, 174, 44)  hsl(44, 72%, 52%)  Meat Brown
#2c5bdd  rgb(44, 91, 221)  hsl(224, 72%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2cddae  rgb(44, 221, 174)  hsl(164, 72%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#ae2cdd  rgb(174, 44, 221)  hsl(284, 72%, 52%)  Dark Orchid