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#DDB85E

#ddb85e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ddb85e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 72.16% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.74% magenta, 57.47% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 42.52°, 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 11.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.4.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5046

Complementary

  1. #ddb85e
  2. #5e83dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb85e
  2. #5ec2dd
  3. #785edd

Analogous

  1. #dd785e
  2. #ddb85e
  3. #c2dd5e

Triadic

  1. #ddb85e
  2. #5eddb8
  3. #b85edd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb85e
  2. #83dd5e
  3. #5e83dd
  4. #b85edd

Square

  1. #ddb85e
  2. #5edd78
  3. #5e83dd
  4. #dd5ec2

Monochromatic

  1. #86671c
  2. #c5982a
  3. #ddb85e
  4. #ead49d
  5. #f8f0dc

Shades

#ddb85e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb85e
  2. #c7a655
  3. #b1934b
  4. #9b8142
  5. #856e38
  6. #6f5c2f
  7. #584a26
  8. #42371c
  9. #2c2513
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb85e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb85e
  2. #e0bf6e
  3. #e4c67e
  4. #e7cd8e
  5. #ebd49e
  6. #eedcaf
  7. #f1e3bf
  8. #f5eacf
  9. #f8f1df
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb85e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb85e
  2. #d4b261
  3. #caad65
  4. #c1a768
  5. #b8a26c
  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 #cab755 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3c061 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeaba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b759 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7bd60 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b08d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb85e {
  color: #ddb85e;
}
Background
.bg-ddb85e {
  background-color: #ddb85e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb85e {
  border: 2px solid #ddb85e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb85e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 184 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 65% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb85e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb85e, #c2dd5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb85e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 184 94 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.40 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.63 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.79 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.07 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.13 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.24 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.68 #2247a1 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb85e  rgb(221, 184, 94)  hsl(43, 65%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#5e83dd  rgb(94, 131, 221)  hsl(223, 65%, 62%)  Glaucous
#5eddb8  rgb(94, 221, 184)  hsl(163, 65%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b85edd  rgb(184, 94, 221)  hsl(283, 65%, 62%)  Medium Orchid