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#DDB85D

#ddb85d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddb85d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 72.16% green and 36.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.74% magenta, 57.92% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 42.66°, with 65.31% saturation and 61.57% 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 11.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.27.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5044

Complementary

  1. #ddb85d
  2. #5d82dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb85d
  2. #5dc2dd
  3. #785ddd

Analogous

  1. #dd785d
  2. #ddb85d
  3. #c2dd5d

Triadic

  1. #ddb85d
  2. #5dddb8
  3. #b85ddd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb85d
  2. #82dd5d
  3. #5d82dd
  4. #b85ddd

Square

  1. #ddb85d
  2. #5ddd78
  3. #5d82dd
  4. #dd5dc2

Monochromatic

  1. #85671c
  2. #c49729
  3. #ddb85d
  4. #ead49c
  5. #f8efdb

Shades

#ddb85d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb85d
  2. #c7a654
  3. #b1934a
  4. #9b8141
  5. #856e38
  6. #6f5c2f
  7. #584a25
  8. #42371c
  9. #2c2513
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb85d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb85d
  2. #e0bf6d
  3. #e4c67d
  4. #e7cd8e
  5. #ebd49e
  6. #eedcae
  7. #f1e3be
  8. #f5eace
  9. #f8f1df
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb85d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb85d
  2. #d4b261
  3. #caad64
  4. #c1a768
  5. #b8a26b
  6. #af9c6f
  7. #a59672
  8. #9c9176
  9. #938b79
  10. #89867d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabb9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab654 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3c060 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeaba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b758 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7bd5f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b08d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb85d {
  color: #ddb85d;
}
Background
.bg-ddb85d {
  background-color: #ddb85d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb85d {
  border: 2px solid #ddb85d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb85d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 184 93;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 65% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb85d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb85d, #c2dd5d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb85d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 184 93 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.49 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.04 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.06 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.12 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.76 #2247a2 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb85d  rgb(221, 184, 93)  hsl(43, 65%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#5d82dd  rgb(93, 130, 221)  hsl(223, 65%, 62%)  Glaucous
#5dddb8  rgb(93, 221, 184)  hsl(163, 65%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b85ddd  rgb(184, 93, 221)  hsl(283, 65%, 62%)  Medium Orchid