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#DEB227

#deb227 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#deb227 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 69.8% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.82% magenta, 82.43% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 45.57°, with 73.49% saturation and 51.18% 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 10.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.04.

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Relative luminance0.4752

Complementary

  1. #deb227
  2. #2753de

Split complementary

  1. #deb227
  2. #27afde
  3. #5727de

Analogous

  1. #de5727
  2. #deb227
  3. #afde27

Triadic

  1. #deb227
  2. #27deb2
  3. #b227de

Tetradic

  1. #deb227
  2. #53de27
  3. #2753de
  4. #b227de

Square

  1. #deb227
  2. #27de57
  3. #2753de
  4. #de27af

Monochromatic

  1. #5e4b0e
  2. #a07f18
  3. #deb227
  4. #e8ca69
  5. #f2e1ac

Shades

#deb227 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #deb227
  2. #c8a023
  3. #b28e1f
  4. #9b7d1b
  5. #856b17
  6. #6f5914
  7. #594710
  8. #43350c
  9. #2c2408
  10. #161204
  11. #000000

Tints

#deb227 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #deb227
  2. #e1ba3d
  3. #e5c152
  4. #e8c968
  5. #ebd17d
  6. #efd993
  7. #f2e0a9
  8. #f5e8be
  9. #f8f0d4
  10. #fcf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#deb227 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #deb227
  2. #d5ad30
  3. #cba839
  4. #c2a342
  5. #b89e4b
  6. #af9954
  7. #a6945c
  8. #9c8f65
  9. #938a6e
  10. #898577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b593 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bc31 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1a299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b113 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7b82d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eaa87b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-deb227 {
  color: #deb227;
}
Background
.bg-deb227 {
  background-color: #deb227;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-deb227 {
  border: 2px solid #deb227;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #deb227;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 178 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 73% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-deb227 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #deb227, #afde27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-deb227 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 178 39 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.04 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.50 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.86 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.96 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.01 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.45 #214dd8 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#deb227  rgb(222, 178, 39)  hsl(46, 73%, 51%)  Meat Brown
#2753de  rgb(39, 83, 222)  hsl(226, 73%, 51%)  Sapphire
#27deb2  rgb(39, 222, 178)  hsl(166, 73%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#b227de  rgb(178, 39, 222)  hsl(286, 73%, 51%)  Electric Purple