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#DDBB5D

#ddbb5d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddbb5d 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 36.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.38% magenta, 57.92% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 44.06°, 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 11.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.39.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.517

Complementary

  1. #ddbb5d
  2. #5d7fdd

Split complementary

  1. #ddbb5d
  2. #5dbfdd
  3. #7b5ddd

Analogous

  1. #dd7b5d
  2. #ddbb5d
  3. #bfdd5d

Triadic

  1. #ddbb5d
  2. #5dddbb
  3. #bb5ddd

Tetradic

  1. #ddbb5d
  2. #7fdd5d
  3. #5d7fdd
  4. #bb5ddd

Square

  1. #ddbb5d
  2. #5ddd7b
  3. #5d7fdd
  4. #dd5dbf

Monochromatic

  1. #85691c
  2. #c49b29
  3. #ddbb5d
  4. #ead69c
  5. #f8f0db

Shades

#ddbb5d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddbb5d
  2. #c7a854
  3. #b1964a
  4. #9b8341
  5. #857038
  6. #6f5e2f
  7. #584b25
  8. #42381c
  9. #2c2513
  10. #161309
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddbb5d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddbb5d
  2. #e0c26d
  3. #e4c97d
  4. #e7cf8e
  5. #ebd69e
  6. #eeddae
  7. #f1e4be
  8. #f5ebce
  9. #f8f1df
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddbb5d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddbb5d
  2. #d4b561
  3. #caaf64
  4. #c1a968
  5. #b8a36b
  6. #af9e6f
  7. #a59872
  8. #9c9276
  9. #938c79
  10. #89867d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbda1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb954 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5c261 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edaea6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4ba58 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8bf5f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b38e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddbb5d {
  color: #ddbb5d;
}
Background
.bg-ddbb5d {
  background-color: #ddbb5d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddbb5d {
  border: 2px solid #ddbb5d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddbb5d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 187 93;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 65% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddbb5d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddbb5d, #bfdd5d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddbb5d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 187 93 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.49 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.92 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.45 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.76 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.76 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 8.23 #2244a2 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddbb5d  rgb(221, 187, 93)  hsl(44, 65%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#5d7fdd  rgb(93, 127, 221)  hsl(224, 65%, 62%)  Glaucous
#5dddbb  rgb(93, 221, 187)  hsl(164, 65%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bb5ddd  rgb(187, 93, 221)  hsl(284, 65%, 62%)  Medium Orchid