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#DDB033

#ddb033 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddb033 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 69.02% green and 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.36% magenta, 76.92% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 44.12°, 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 10.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.9.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4666

Complementary

  1. #ddb033
  2. #3360dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb033
  2. #33b5dd
  3. #5b33dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5b33
  2. #ddb033
  3. #b5dd33

Triadic

  1. #ddb033
  2. #33ddb0
  3. #b033dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb033
  2. #60dd33
  3. #3360dd
  4. #b033dd

Square

  1. #ddb033
  2. #33dd5b
  3. #3360dd
  4. #dd33b5

Monochromatic

  1. #664f11
  2. #a8831c
  3. #ddb033
  4. #e8c975
  5. #f3e3b6

Shades

#ddb033 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb033
  2. #c79e2e
  3. #b18d29
  4. #9b7b24
  5. #856a1f
  6. #6f581a
  7. #584614
  8. #42350f
  9. #2c230a
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb033 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb033
  2. #e0b847
  3. #e4c05c
  4. #e7c870
  5. #ebd085
  6. #eed899
  7. #f1dfad
  8. #f5e7c2
  9. #f8efd6
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb033 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb033
  2. #d4ab3b
  3. #caa642
  4. #c1a24a
  5. #b89d52
  6. #af985a
  7. #a59361
  8. #9c8e69
  9. #938a71
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b493 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5af1b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bb3a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0a098 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfaf27 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b737 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a77c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb033 {
  color: #ddb033;
}
Background
.bg-ddb033 {
  background-color: #ddb033;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb033 {
  border: 2px solid #ddb033;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb033;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 176 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 71% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb033 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb033, #b5dd33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb033 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 176 51 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.90 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.25 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.39 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.30 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.59 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.73 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.91 #224fcc Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb033  rgb(221, 176, 51)  hsl(44, 71%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#3360dd  rgb(51, 96, 221)  hsl(224, 71%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#33ddb0  rgb(51, 221, 176)  hsl(164, 71%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#b033dd  rgb(176, 51, 221)  hsl(284, 71%, 53%)  Electric Purple