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#DDBB6C

#ddbb6c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ddbb6c is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 73.33% green and 42.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.38% magenta, 51.13% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 41.95°, with 62.43% saturation and 64.51% 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 11.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 6.23.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.52

Complementary

  1. #ddbb6c
  2. #6c8edd

Split complementary

  1. #ddbb6c
  2. #6cc6dd
  3. #836cdd

Analogous

  1. #dd836c
  2. #ddbb6c
  3. #c6dd6c

Triadic

  1. #ddbb6c
  2. #6cddbb
  3. #bb6cdd

Tetradic

  1. #ddbb6c
  2. #8edd6c
  3. #6c8edd
  4. #bb6cdd

Square

  1. #ddbb6c
  2. #6cdd83
  3. #6c8edd
  4. #dd6cc6

Monochromatic

  1. #8f6e21
  2. #cd9e2f
  3. #ddbb6c
  4. #ebd8aa
  5. #faf4e8

Shades

#ddbb6c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddbb6c
  2. #c7a861
  3. #b19656
  4. #9b834c
  5. #857041
  6. #6f5e36
  7. #584b2b
  8. #423820
  9. #2c2516
  10. #16130b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddbb6c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddbb6c
  2. #e0c27b
  3. #e4c989
  4. #e7cf98
  5. #ebd6a7
  6. #eeddb6
  7. #f1e4c4
  8. #f5ebd3
  9. #f8f1e2
  10. #fcf8f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddbb6c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddbb6c
  2. #d4b56e
  3. #caaf70
  4. #c1a972
  5. #b8a374
  6. #af9e76
  7. #a59878
  8. #9c927a
  9. #938c7c
  10. #89867e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbda4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccba65 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4c36f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edafa8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3ba68 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8c06e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b494 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddbb6c {
  color: #ddbb6c;
}
Background
.bg-ddbb6c {
  background-color: #ddbb6c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddbb6c {
  border: 2px solid #ddbb6c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddbb6c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 187 108;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 62% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddbb6c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddbb6c, #c6dd6c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddbb6c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 187 108 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.23 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.25 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.44 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 7.07 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.08 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 7.50 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.77 #224493 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddbb6c  rgb(221, 187, 108)  hsl(42, 62%, 65%)  Meat Brown
#6c8edd  rgb(108, 142, 221)  hsl(222, 62%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#6cddbb  rgb(108, 221, 187)  hsl(162, 62%, 65%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bb6cdd  rgb(187, 108, 221)  hsl(282, 62%, 65%)  Floral Lavender