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#DDB331

#ddb331 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddb331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 70.2% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 77.83% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 45.35°, with 71.67% saturation and 52.94% 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 10.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.8.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4783

Complementary

  1. #ddb331
  2. #315bdd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb331
  2. #31b1dd
  3. #5d31dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5d31
  2. #ddb331
  3. #b1dd31

Triadic

  1. #ddb331
  2. #31ddb3
  3. #b331dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb331
  2. #5bdd31
  3. #315bdd
  4. #b331dd

Square

  1. #ddb331
  2. #31dd5d
  3. #315bdd
  4. #dd31b1

Monochromatic

  1. #645011
  2. #a6841b
  3. #ddb331
  4. #e8cb73
  5. #f3e3b4

Shades

#ddb331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb331
  2. #c7a12c
  3. #b18f27
  4. #9b7d22
  5. #856b1d
  6. #6f5a19
  7. #584814
  8. #42360f
  9. #2c240a
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb331
  2. #e0bb46
  3. #e4c25a
  4. #e7ca6f
  5. #ebd183
  6. #eed998
  7. #f1e1ad
  8. #f5e8c1
  9. #f8f0d6
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb331
  2. #d4ae39
  3. #caa941
  4. #c1a449
  5. #b89f51
  6. #af9a59
  7. #a59460
  8. #9c8f68
  9. #938a70
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b695 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b116 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bd39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0a39a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b223 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7b936 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8aa7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb331 {
  color: #ddb331;
}
Background
.bg-ddb331 {
  background-color: #ddb331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb331 {
  border: 2px solid #ddb331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 179 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 72% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb331, #b1dd31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 179 49 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.97 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.40 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.50 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.93 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.39 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.69 #224cce Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb331  rgb(221, 179, 49)  hsl(45, 72%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#315bdd  rgb(49, 91, 221)  hsl(225, 72%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#31ddb3  rgb(49, 221, 179)  hsl(165, 72%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#b331dd  rgb(179, 49, 221)  hsl(285, 72%, 53%)  Electric Purple