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#DDB252

#ddb252 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddb252 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 32.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.46% magenta, 62.9% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 41.44°, with 67.15% saturation and 59.41% 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 10.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.59.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4782

Complementary

  1. #ddb252
  2. #527ddd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb252
  2. #52c2dd
  3. #6c52dd

Analogous

  1. #dd6c52
  2. #ddb252
  3. #c2dd52

Triadic

  1. #ddb252
  2. #52ddb2
  3. #b252dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb252
  2. #7ddd52
  3. #527ddd
  4. #b252dd

Square

  1. #ddb252
  2. #52dd6c
  3. #527ddd
  4. #dd52c2

Monochromatic

  1. #7d5e19
  2. #bd8e25
  3. #ddb252
  4. #eace92
  5. #f6ebd2

Shades

#ddb252 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb252
  2. #c7a04a
  3. #b18e42
  4. #9b7d39
  5. #856b31
  6. #6f5929
  7. #584721
  8. #423519
  9. #2c2410
  10. #161208
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb252 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb252
  2. #e0ba63
  3. #e4c175
  4. #e7c986
  5. #ebd197
  6. #eed9a9
  7. #f1e0ba
  8. #f5e8cb
  9. #f8f0dc
  10. #fcf7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb252 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb252
  2. #d4ad57
  3. #caa85b
  4. #c1a360
  5. #b89e64
  6. #af9969
  7. #a5946e
  8. #9c8f72
  9. #938a77
  10. #89857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b699 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5b148 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bd56 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea49d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfb24c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b854 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8aa85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb252 {
  color: #ddb252;
}
Background
.bg-ddb252 {
  background-color: #ddb252;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb252 {
  border: 2px solid #ddb252;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb252;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 178 82;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 67% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb252 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb252, #c2dd52);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb252 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 178 82 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.97 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.12 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.23 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.34 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.31 #224dad Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb252  rgb(221, 178, 82)  hsl(41, 67%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#527ddd  rgb(82, 125, 221)  hsl(221, 67%, 59%)  Glaucous
#52ddb2  rgb(82, 221, 178)  hsl(161, 67%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b252dd  rgb(178, 82, 221)  hsl(281, 67%, 59%)  Medium Orchid