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#DEB309

#deb309 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#deb309 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 70.2% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.37% magenta, 95.95% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 47.89°, with 92.21% saturation and 45.29% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.27.

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Relative luminance0.4779

Complementary

  1. #deb309
  2. #0934de

Split complementary

  1. #deb309
  2. #099ede
  3. #4909de

Analogous

  1. #de4909
  2. #deb309
  3. #9ede09

Triadic

  1. #deb309
  2. #09deb3
  3. #b309de

Tetradic

  1. #deb309
  2. #34de09
  3. #0934de
  4. #b309de

Square

  1. #deb309
  2. #09de49
  3. #0934de
  4. #de099e

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3c03
  2. #947806
  3. #deb309
  4. #f7d13c
  5. #fae386

Shades

#deb309 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #deb309
  2. #c8a108
  3. #b28f07
  4. #9b7d06
  5. #856b05
  6. #6f5a05
  7. #594804
  8. #433603
  9. #2c2402
  10. #161201
  11. #000000

Tints

#deb309 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #deb309
  2. #e1bb22
  3. #e5c23a
  4. #e8ca53
  5. #ebd16b
  6. #efd984
  7. #f2e19d
  8. #f5e8b5
  9. #f8f0ce
  10. #fcf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#deb309 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #deb309
  2. #d5ae15
  3. #cba921
  4. #c2a42d
  5. #b89f39
  6. #af9a45
  7. #a69450
  8. #9c8f5c
  9. #938a68
  10. #898574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b692 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bd1f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1a298 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8b918 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eaa979 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-deb309 {
  color: #deb309;
}
Background
.bg-deb309 {
  background-color: #deb309;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-deb309 {
  border: 2px solid #deb309;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #deb309;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 179 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 92% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-deb309 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #deb309, #9ede09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-deb309 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 179 9 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.50 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.14 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.19 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.71 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.87 #214cf6 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#deb309  rgb(222, 179, 9)  hsl(48, 92%, 45%)  Meat Brown
#0934de  rgb(9, 52, 222)  hsl(228, 92%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#09deb3  rgb(9, 222, 179)  hsl(168, 92%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#b309de  rgb(179, 9, 222)  hsl(288, 92%, 45%)  Dark Orchid