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#DDBB53

#ddbb53 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddbb53 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 73.33% green and 32.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.38% magenta, 62.44% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 45.22°, with 66.99% saturation and 59.61% 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 11.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.63.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5154

Complementary

  1. #ddbb53
  2. #5375dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddbb53
  2. #53badd
  3. #7653dd

Analogous

  1. #dd7653
  2. #ddbb53
  3. #badd53

Triadic

  1. #ddbb53
  2. #53ddbb
  3. #bb53dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddbb53
  2. #75dd53
  3. #5375dd
  4. #bb53dd

Square

  1. #ddbb53
  2. #53dd76
  3. #5375dd
  4. #dd53ba

Monochromatic

  1. #7e6519
  2. #be9826
  3. #ddbb53
  4. #ead493
  5. #f6eed3

Shades

#ddbb53 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddbb53
  2. #c7a84b
  3. #b19642
  4. #9b833a
  5. #857032
  6. #6f5e2a
  7. #584b21
  8. #423819
  9. #2c2511
  10. #161308
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddbb53 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddbb53
  2. #e0c264
  3. #e4c975
  4. #e7cf87
  5. #ebd698
  6. #eedda9
  7. #f1e4ba
  8. #f5ebcb
  9. #f8f1dd
  10. #fcf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddbb53 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddbb53
  2. #d4b558
  3. #caaf5c
  4. #c1a961
  5. #b8a365
  6. #af9e6a
  7. #a5986e
  8. #9c9273
  9. #938c77
  10. #89867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbd9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb848 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6c258 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeada4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b94c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9bf56 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b38b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddbb53 {
  color: #ddbb53;
}
Background
.bg-ddbb53 {
  background-color: #ddbb53;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddbb53 {
  border: 2px solid #ddbb53;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddbb53;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 187 83;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 67% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddbb53 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddbb53, #badd53);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddbb53 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 187 83 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.63 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.64 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.85 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.50 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.83 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.36 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.38 #2244ac Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddbb53  rgb(221, 187, 83)  hsl(45, 67%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#5375dd  rgb(83, 117, 221)  hsl(225, 67%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#53ddbb  rgb(83, 221, 187)  hsl(165, 67%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bb53dd  rgb(187, 83, 221)  hsl(285, 67%, 60%)  Medium Orchid