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#DDAE33

#ddae33 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddae33 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 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.27% magenta, 76.92% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 43.41°, with 71.43% saturation and 53.33% 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 10.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.36.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4588

Complementary

  1. #ddae33
  2. #3362dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddae33
  2. #33b7dd
  3. #5933dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5933
  2. #ddae33
  3. #b7dd33

Triadic

  1. #ddae33
  2. #33ddae
  3. #ae33dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddae33
  2. #62dd33
  3. #3362dd
  4. #ae33dd

Square

  1. #ddae33
  2. #33dd59
  3. #3362dd
  4. #dd33b7

Monochromatic

  1. #664e11
  2. #a8811c
  3. #ddae33
  4. #e8c875
  5. #f3e2b6

Shades

#ddae33 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddae33
  2. #c79d2e
  3. #b18b29
  4. #9b7a24
  5. #85681f
  6. #6f571a
  7. #584614
  8. #42340f
  9. #2c230a
  10. #161105
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddae33 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddae33
  2. #e0b647
  3. #e4be5c
  4. #e7c670
  5. #ebce85
  6. #eed799
  7. #f1dfad
  8. #f5e7c2
  9. #f8efd6
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddae33 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddae33
  2. #d4a93b
  3. #caa542
  4. #c1a04a
  5. #b89c52
  6. #af975a
  7. #a59261
  8. #9c8e69
  9. #938971
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b292 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ad1c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfba3a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceae27 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b537 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a57b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddae33 {
  color: #ddae33;
}
Background
.bg-ddae33 {
  background-color: #ddae33;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddae33 {
  border: 2px solid #ddae33;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddae33;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 174 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 71% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddae33 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddae33, #b7dd33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddae33 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 174 51 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.36 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.71 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.95 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.10 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.85 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.02 #2251cc Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddae33  rgb(221, 174, 51)  hsl(43, 71%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#3362dd  rgb(51, 98, 221)  hsl(223, 71%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#33ddae  rgb(51, 221, 174)  hsl(163, 71%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#ae33dd  rgb(174, 51, 221)  hsl(283, 71%, 53%)  Dark Orchid