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#DDB229

#ddb229 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddb229 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 69.8% green and 16.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.46% magenta, 81.45% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 45.67°, with 72.58% saturation and 51.37% 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 10.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.1.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4737

Complementary

  1. #ddb229
  2. #2954dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb229
  2. #29aedd
  3. #5829dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5829
  2. #ddb229
  3. #aedd29

Triadic

  1. #ddb229
  2. #29ddb2
  3. #b229dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb229
  2. #54dd29
  3. #2954dd
  4. #b229dd

Square

  1. #ddb229
  2. #29dd58
  3. #2954dd
  4. #dd29ae

Monochromatic

  1. #5e4b0f
  2. #a08019
  3. #ddb229
  4. #e7ca6b
  5. #f2e2ad

Shades

#ddb229 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb229
  2. #c7a025
  3. #b18e21
  4. #9b7d1d
  5. #856b19
  6. #6f5915
  7. #584710
  8. #42350c
  9. #2c2408
  10. #161204
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb229 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb229
  2. #e0ba3e
  3. #e4c154
  4. #e7c969
  5. #ebd17f
  6. #eed994
  7. #f1e0a9
  8. #f5e8bf
  9. #f8f0d4
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb229 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb229
  2. #d4ad32
  3. #caa83a
  4. #c1a343
  5. #b89e4c
  6. #af9955
  7. #a5945d
  8. #9c8f66
  9. #938a6f
  10. #898577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b593 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bc32 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0a299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b117 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b82f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9a97b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb229 {
  color: #ddb229;
}
Background
.bg-ddb229 {
  background-color: #ddb229;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb229 {
  border: 2px solid #ddb229;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb229;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 178 41;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 73% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb229 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb229, #aedd29);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb229 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 178 41 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.25 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.29 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.69 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.97 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.22 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.66 #224dd6 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb229  rgb(221, 178, 41)  hsl(46, 73%, 51%)  Meat Brown
#2954dd  rgb(41, 84, 221)  hsl(226, 73%, 51%)  Sapphire
#29ddb2  rgb(41, 221, 178)  hsl(166, 73%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#b229dd  rgb(178, 41, 221)  hsl(286, 73%, 51%)  Electric Purple