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#DDB236

#ddb236 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddb236 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 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.46% magenta, 75.57% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 44.55°, with 71.06% saturation and 53.92% 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 10.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.64.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4748

Complementary

  1. #ddb236
  2. #3661dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb236
  2. #36b4dd
  3. #5e36dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5e36
  2. #ddb236
  3. #b4dd36

Triadic

  1. #ddb236
  2. #36ddb2
  3. #b236dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb236
  2. #61dd36
  3. #3661dd
  4. #b236dd

Square

  1. #ddb236
  2. #36dd5e
  3. #3661dd
  4. #dd36b4

Monochromatic

  1. #685212
  2. #aa851d
  3. #ddb236
  4. #e8cb77
  5. #f3e4b9

Shades

#ddb236 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb236
  2. #c7a031
  3. #b18e2b
  4. #9b7d26
  5. #856b20
  6. #6f591b
  7. #584716
  8. #423510
  9. #2c240b
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb236 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb236
  2. #e0ba4a
  3. #e4c15e
  4. #e7c972
  5. #ebd186
  6. #eed99b
  7. #f1e0af
  8. #f5e8c3
  9. #f8f0d7
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb236 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb236
  2. #d4ad3d
  3. #caa845
  4. #c1a34c
  5. #b89e54
  6. #af995b
  7. #a59462
  8. #9c8f6a
  9. #938a71
  10. #898579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b595 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b020 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bc3d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efa29a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b12a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b83a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a97e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb236 {
  color: #ddb236;
}
Background
.bg-ddb236 {
  background-color: #ddb236;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb236 {
  border: 2px solid #ddb236;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb236;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 178 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 71% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb236 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb236, #b4dd36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb236 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 178 54 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.64 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.94 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.08 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.72 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.25 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.64 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.97 #224dc9 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb236  rgb(221, 178, 54)  hsl(45, 71%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#3661dd  rgb(54, 97, 221)  hsl(225, 71%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#36ddb2  rgb(54, 221, 178)  hsl(165, 71%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#b236dd  rgb(178, 54, 221)  hsl(285, 71%, 54%)  Electric Purple