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#DDB65E

#ddb65e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ddb65e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 71.37% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 57.47% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 41.57°, 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 10.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.55.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4964

Complementary

  1. #ddb65e
  2. #5e85dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb65e
  2. #5ec5dd
  3. #765edd

Analogous

  1. #dd765e
  2. #ddb65e
  3. #c5dd5e

Triadic

  1. #ddb65e
  2. #5eddb6
  3. #b65edd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb65e
  2. #85dd5e
  3. #5e85dd
  4. #b65edd

Square

  1. #ddb65e
  2. #5edd76
  3. #5e85dd
  4. #dd5ec5

Monochromatic

  1. #86651c
  2. #c5952a
  3. #ddb65e
  4. #ead39d
  5. #f8efdc

Shades

#ddb65e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb65e
  2. #c7a455
  3. #b1924b
  4. #9b7f42
  5. #856d38
  6. #6f5b2f
  7. #584926
  8. #42371c
  9. #2c2413
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb65e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb65e
  2. #e0bd6e
  3. #e4c57e
  4. #e7cc8e
  5. #ebd39e
  6. #eedbaf
  7. #f1e2bf
  8. #f5e9cf
  9. #f8f0df
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb65e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb65e
  2. #d4b161
  3. #caab65
  4. #c1a668
  5. #b8a06c
  6. #af9b6f
  7. #a59672
  8. #9c9076
  9. #938b79
  10. #89857d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b99e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b556 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bf61 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea9a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b559 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6bc60 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7ae8c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb65e {
  color: #ddb65e;
}
Background
.bg-ddb65e {
  background-color: #ddb65e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb65e {
  border: 2px solid #ddb65e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb65e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 182 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 65% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb65e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb65e, #c5dd5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb65e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 182 94 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.55 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.85 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.40 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.59 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.78 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.83 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.62 #2249a1 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb65e  rgb(221, 182, 94)  hsl(42, 65%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#5e85dd  rgb(94, 133, 221)  hsl(222, 65%, 62%)  Glaucous
#5eddb6  rgb(94, 221, 182)  hsl(162, 65%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b65edd  rgb(182, 94, 221)  hsl(282, 65%, 62%)  Medium Orchid