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#DDB45E

#ddb45e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ddb45e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 70.59% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.55% magenta, 57.47% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 40.63°, with 65.13% saturation and 61.76% 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 10.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.88.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4882

Complementary

  1. #ddb45e
  2. #5e87dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb45e
  2. #5ec6dd
  3. #745edd

Analogous

  1. #dd745e
  2. #ddb45e
  3. #c6dd5e

Triadic

  1. #ddb45e
  2. #5eddb4
  3. #b45edd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb45e
  2. #87dd5e
  3. #5e87dd
  4. #b45edd

Square

  1. #ddb45e
  2. #5edd74
  3. #5e87dd
  4. #dd5ec6

Monochromatic

  1. #86641c
  2. #c5932a
  3. #ddb45e
  4. #ead19d
  5. #f8efdc

Shades

#ddb45e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb45e
  2. #c7a255
  3. #b1904b
  4. #9b7e42
  5. #856c38
  6. #6f5a2f
  7. #584826
  8. #42361c
  9. #2c2413
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb45e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb45e
  2. #e0bc6e
  3. #e4c37e
  4. #e7cb8e
  5. #ebd29e
  6. #eedaaf
  7. #f1e1bf
  8. #f5e9cf
  9. #f8f0df
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb45e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb45e
  2. #d4af61
  3. #caaa65
  4. #c1a468
  5. #b89f6c
  6. #af9a6f
  7. #a59572
  8. #9c9076
  9. #938a79
  10. #89857d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b79d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b356 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0be61 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea7a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b459 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6ba60 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7ac8b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb45e {
  color: #ddb45e;
}
Background
.bg-ddb45e {
  background-color: #ddb45e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb45e {
  border: 2px solid #ddb45e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb45e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 180 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 65% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb45e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb45e, #c6dd5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb45e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 180 94 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.88 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.23 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.98 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.54 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.07 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.18 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 7.55 #224ba1 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb45e  rgb(221, 180, 94)  hsl(41, 65%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#5e87dd  rgb(94, 135, 221)  hsl(221, 65%, 62%)  United Nations Blue
#5eddb4  rgb(94, 221, 180)  hsl(161, 65%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b45edd  rgb(180, 94, 221)  hsl(281, 65%, 62%)  Medium Orchid