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#DDB232

#ddb232 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddb232 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 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.46% magenta, 77.38% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 44.91°, with 71.55% saturation and 53.14% 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 10.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.73.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4744

Complementary

  1. #ddb232
  2. #325ddd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb232
  2. #32b3dd
  3. #5d32dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5d32
  2. #ddb232
  3. #b3dd32

Triadic

  1. #ddb232
  2. #32ddb2
  3. #b232dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb232
  2. #5ddd32
  3. #325ddd
  4. #b232dd

Square

  1. #ddb232
  2. #32dd5d
  3. #325ddd
  4. #dd32b3

Monochromatic

  1. #655011
  2. #a7841c
  3. #ddb232
  4. #e8cb74
  5. #f3e3b5

Shades

#ddb232 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb232
  2. #c7a02d
  3. #b18e28
  4. #9b7d23
  5. #856b1e
  6. #6f5919
  7. #584714
  8. #42350f
  9. #2c240a
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb232 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb232
  2. #e0ba47
  3. #e4c15b
  4. #e7c970
  5. #ebd184
  6. #eed999
  7. #f1e0ad
  8. #f5e8c2
  9. #f8f0d6
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb232 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb232
  2. #d4ad3a
  3. #caa842
  4. #c1a349
  5. #b89e51
  6. #af9959
  7. #a59461
  8. #9c8f69
  9. #938a70
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b594 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b018 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bc39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0a29a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b125 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b837 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a97d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb232 {
  color: #ddb232;
}
Background
.bg-ddb232 {
  background-color: #ddb232;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb232 {
  border: 2px solid #ddb232;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb232;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 178 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 72% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb232 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb232, #b3dd32);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb232 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 178 50 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.73 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.97 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.12 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.68 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.13 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.48 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.86 #224dcd Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb232  rgb(221, 178, 50)  hsl(45, 72%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#325ddd  rgb(50, 93, 221)  hsl(225, 72%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#32ddb2  rgb(50, 221, 178)  hsl(165, 72%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#b232dd  rgb(178, 50, 221)  hsl(285, 72%, 53%)  Electric Purple