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#DEB040

#deb040 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#deb040 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 69.02% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.72% magenta, 71.17% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 42.53°, with 70.54% saturation and 56.08% 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 10.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.27.

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Relative luminance0.4695

Complementary

  1. #deb040
  2. #406ede

Split complementary

  1. #deb040
  2. #40bdde
  3. #6140de

Analogous

  1. #de6140
  2. #deb040
  3. #bdde40

Triadic

  1. #deb040
  2. #40deb0
  3. #b040de

Tetradic

  1. #deb040
  2. #6ede40
  3. #406ede
  4. #b040de

Square

  1. #deb040
  2. #40de61
  3. #406ede
  4. #de40bd

Monochromatic

  1. #715614
  2. #b3881f
  3. #deb040
  4. #e9cb81
  5. #f5e6c2

Shades

#deb040 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #deb040
  2. #c89e3a
  3. #b28d33
  4. #9b7b2d
  5. #856a26
  6. #6f5820
  7. #59461a
  8. #433513
  9. #2c230d
  10. #161206
  11. #000000

Tints

#deb040 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #deb040
  2. #e1b853
  3. #e5c066
  4. #e8c879
  5. #ebd08c
  6. #efd8a0
  7. #f2dfb3
  8. #f5e7c6
  9. #f8efd9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#deb040 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #deb040
  2. #d5ab46
  3. #cba64d
  4. #c2a253
  5. #b89d5a
  6. #af9860
  7. #a69366
  8. #9c8e6d
  9. #938a73
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b495 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5af31 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bb45 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0a199 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfb037 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b743 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9a77f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-deb040 {
  color: #deb040;
}
Background
.bg-deb040 {
  background-color: #deb040;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-deb040 {
  border: 2px solid #deb040;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #deb040;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 176 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 71% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-deb040 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #deb040, #bdde40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-deb040 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 176 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.96 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.50 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.98 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.18 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.98 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.09 #214fbf Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#deb040  rgb(222, 176, 64)  hsl(43, 71%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#406ede  rgb(64, 110, 222)  hsl(223, 71%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#40deb0  rgb(64, 222, 176)  hsl(163, 71%, 56%)  Caribbean Green
#b040de  rgb(176, 64, 222)  hsl(283, 71%, 56%)  Electric Purple