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#DDB962

#ddb962 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ddb962 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 72.55% green and 38.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.29% magenta, 55.66% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 42.44°, with 64.4% saturation and 62.55% 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 11.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.89.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5095

Complementary

  1. #ddb962
  2. #6286dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb962
  2. #62c4dd
  3. #7c62dd

Analogous

  1. #dd7c62
  2. #ddb962
  3. #c4dd62

Triadic

  1. #ddb962
  2. #62ddb9
  3. #b962dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb962
  2. #86dd62
  3. #6286dd
  4. #b962dd

Square

  1. #ddb962
  2. #62dd7c
  3. #6286dd
  4. #dd62c4

Monochromatic

  1. #88691e
  2. #c79a2b
  3. #ddb962
  4. #ebd5a1
  5. #f8f1e0

Shades

#ddb962 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb962
  2. #c7a758
  3. #b1944e
  4. #9b8245
  5. #856f3b
  6. #6f5d31
  7. #584a27
  8. #42381d
  9. #2c2514
  10. #16130a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb962 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb962
  2. #e0c072
  3. #e4c781
  4. #e7ce91
  5. #ebd5a1
  6. #eedcb1
  7. #f1e3c0
  8. #f5ead0
  9. #f8f1e0
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb962 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb962
  2. #d4b365
  3. #caae68
  4. #c1a86b
  5. #b8a26e
  6. #af9d71
  7. #a59774
  8. #9c9177
  9. #938b7a
  10. #89867d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbba1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb75a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4c165 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edaca5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b85d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7be64 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b18f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb962 {
  color: #ddb962;
}
Background
.bg-ddb962 {
  background-color: #ddb962;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb962 {
  border: 2px solid #ddb962;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb962;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 185 98;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 64% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb962 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb962, #c4dd62);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb962 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 185 98 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.89 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.02 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.06 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.57 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.64 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.81 #22469d Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddb962  rgb(221, 185, 98)  hsl(42, 64%, 63%)  Meat Brown
#6286dd  rgb(98, 134, 221)  hsl(222, 64%, 63%)  Glaucous
#62ddb9  rgb(98, 221, 185)  hsl(162, 64%, 63%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b962dd  rgb(185, 98, 221)  hsl(282, 64%, 63%)  Medium Orchid