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#DDB640

#ddb640 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddb640 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 71.37% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 71.04% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 45.1°, 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 10.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.94.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.492

Complementary

  1. #ddb640
  2. #4067dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb640
  2. #40b5dd
  3. #6840dd

Analogous

  1. #dd6840
  2. #ddb640
  3. #b5dd40

Triadic

  1. #ddb640
  2. #40ddb6
  3. #b640dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb640
  2. #67dd40
  3. #4067dd
  4. #b640dd

Square

  1. #ddb640
  2. #40dd68
  3. #4067dd
  4. #dd40b5

Monochromatic

  1. #705914
  2. #b18d20
  3. #ddb640
  4. #e9cf81
  5. #f4e8c2

Shades

#ddb640 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb640
  2. #c7a43a
  3. #b19233
  4. #9b7f2d
  5. #856d26
  6. #6f5b20
  7. #58491a
  8. #423713
  9. #2c240d
  10. #161206
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb640 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb640
  2. #e0bd53
  3. #e4c566
  4. #e7cc79
  5. #ebd38c
  6. #eedba0
  7. #f1e2b3
  8. #f5e9c6
  9. #f8f0d9
  10. #fcf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb640 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb640
  2. #d4b146
  3. #caab4d
  4. #c1a653
  5. #b8a05a
  6. #af9b60
  7. #a59666
  8. #9c906d
  9. #938b73
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b998 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab42f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bf46 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efa79e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b537 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8bb44 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8ad83 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb640 {
  color: #ddb640;
}
Background
.bg-ddb640 {
  background-color: #ddb640;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb640 {
  border: 2px solid #ddb640;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb640;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 182 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 70% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb640 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb640, #b5dd40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb640 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 182 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.94 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.05 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.82 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.01 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.47 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.72 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.77 #2249bf Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb640  rgb(221, 182, 64)  hsl(45, 70%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#4067dd  rgb(64, 103, 221)  hsl(225, 70%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#40ddb6  rgb(64, 221, 182)  hsl(165, 70%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b640dd  rgb(182, 64, 221)  hsl(285, 70%, 56%)  Medium Orchid