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#DEB248

#deb248 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#deb248 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 28.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.82% magenta, 67.57% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 42.4°, with 69.44% saturation and 57.65% 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 10.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.41.

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Relative luminance0.4784

Complementary

  1. #deb248
  2. #4874de

Split complementary

  1. #deb248
  2. #48bfde
  3. #6748de

Analogous

  1. #de6748
  2. #deb248
  3. #bfde48

Triadic

  1. #deb248
  2. #48deb2
  3. #b248de

Tetradic

  1. #deb248
  2. #74de48
  3. #4874de
  4. #b248de

Square

  1. #deb248
  2. #48de67
  3. #4874de
  4. #de48bf

Monochromatic

  1. #775b16
  2. #b88c21
  3. #deb248
  4. #eacd89
  5. #f5e9ca

Shades

#deb248 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #deb248
  2. #c8a041
  3. #b28e3a
  4. #9b7d32
  5. #856b2b
  6. #6f5924
  7. #59471d
  8. #433516
  9. #2c240e
  10. #161207
  11. #000000

Tints

#deb248 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #deb248
  2. #e1ba5a
  3. #e5c16d
  4. #e8c97f
  5. #ebd191
  6. #efd9a4
  7. #f2e0b6
  8. #f5e8c8
  9. #f8f0da
  10. #fcf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#deb248 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #deb248
  2. #d5ad4e
  3. #cba853
  4. #c2a359
  5. #b89e5e
  6. #af9964
  7. #a6946a
  8. #9c8f6f
  9. #938a75
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b698 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b13b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bd4d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0a39c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b141 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b94b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9a982 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-deb248 {
  color: #deb248;
}
Background
.bg-deb248 {
  background-color: #deb248;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-deb248 {
  border: 2px solid #deb248;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #deb248;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 178 72;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 69% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-deb248 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #deb248, #bfde48);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-deb248 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 178 72 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.07 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.34 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.23 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.02 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.52 #214db7 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#deb248  rgb(222, 178, 72)  hsl(42, 69%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#4874de  rgb(72, 116, 222)  hsl(222, 69%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#48deb2  rgb(72, 222, 178)  hsl(162, 69%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b248de  rgb(178, 72, 222)  hsl(282, 69%, 58%)  Medium Orchid