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#DDB240

#ddb240 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddb240 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 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.46% magenta, 71.04% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 43.57°, with 69.78% saturation and 55.88% 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 10.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.84.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4758

Complementary

  1. #ddb240
  2. #406bdd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb240
  2. #40b9dd
  3. #6340dd

Analogous

  1. #dd6340
  2. #ddb240
  3. #b9dd40

Triadic

  1. #ddb240
  2. #40ddb2
  3. #b240dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb240
  2. #6bdd40
  3. #406bdd
  4. #b240dd

Square

  1. #ddb240
  2. #40dd63
  3. #406bdd
  4. #dd40b9

Monochromatic

  1. #705714
  2. #b18920
  3. #ddb240
  4. #e9cc81
  5. #f4e6c2

Shades

#ddb240 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb240
  2. #c7a03a
  3. #b18e33
  4. #9b7d2d
  5. #856b26
  6. #6f5920
  7. #58471a
  8. #423513
  9. #2c240d
  10. #161206
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb240 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb240
  2. #e0ba53
  3. #e4c166
  4. #e7c979
  5. #ebd18c
  6. #eed9a0
  7. #f1e0b3
  8. #f5e8c6
  9. #f8f0d9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb240 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb240
  2. #d4ad46
  3. #caa84d
  4. #c1a353
  5. #b89e5a
  6. #af9960
  7. #a59466
  8. #9c8f6d
  9. #938a73
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b596 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b130 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bc45 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efa39b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b137 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b843 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a980 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb240 {
  color: #ddb240;
}
Background
.bg-ddb240 {
  background-color: #ddb240;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb240 {
  border: 2px solid #ddb240;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb240;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 178 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 70% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb240 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb240, #b9dd40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb240 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 178 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.22 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.15 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.02 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.71 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.17 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.37 #224dbf Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb240  rgb(221, 178, 64)  hsl(44, 70%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#406bdd  rgb(64, 107, 221)  hsl(224, 70%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#40ddb2  rgb(64, 221, 178)  hsl(164, 70%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b240dd  rgb(178, 64, 221)  hsl(284, 70%, 56%)  Medium Orchid