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#DDBC60

#ddbc60 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ddbc60 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 73.73% green and 37.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.93% magenta, 56.56% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 44.16°, with 64.77% saturation and 62.16% 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 11.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.79.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5218

Complementary

  1. #ddbc60
  2. #6081dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddbc60
  2. #60c0dd
  3. #7e60dd

Analogous

  1. #dd7e60
  2. #ddbc60
  3. #c0dd60

Triadic

  1. #ddbc60
  2. #60ddbc
  3. #bc60dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddbc60
  2. #81dd60
  3. #6081dd
  4. #bc60dd

Square

  1. #ddbc60
  2. #60dd7e
  3. #6081dd
  4. #dd60c0

Monochromatic

  1. #876b1d
  2. #c69d2a
  3. #ddbc60
  4. #ead79f
  5. #f8f1de

Shades

#ddbc60 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddbc60
  2. #c7a956
  3. #b1964d
  4. #9b8443
  5. #85713a
  6. #6f5e30
  7. #584b26
  8. #42381d
  9. #2c2613
  10. #16130a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddbc60 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddbc60
  2. #e0c370
  3. #e4c980
  4. #e7d090
  5. #ebd7a0
  6. #eedeb0
  7. #f1e4bf
  8. #f5ebcf
  9. #f8f2df
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddbc60 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddbc60
  2. #d4b663
  3. #cab066
  4. #c1aa6a
  5. #b8a46d
  6. #af9e70
  7. #a59873
  8. #9c9276
  9. #938c7a
  10. #89867d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbea2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceba57 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6c364 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edafa7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4bb5b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9c062 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b490 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddbc60 {
  color: #ddbc60;
}
Background
.bg-ddbc60 {
  background-color: #ddbc60;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddbc60 {
  border: 2px solid #ddbc60;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddbc60;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 188 96;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 65% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddbc60 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddbc60, #c0dd60);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddbc60 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 188 96 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.79 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.88 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.36 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.00 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 8.10 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 8.11 #22439f Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ddbc60  rgb(221, 188, 96)  hsl(44, 65%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#6081dd  rgb(96, 129, 221)  hsl(224, 65%, 62%)  Glaucous
#60ddbc  rgb(96, 221, 188)  hsl(164, 65%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc60dd  rgb(188, 96, 221)  hsl(284, 65%, 62%)  Medium Orchid