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#DEB40E

#deb40e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#deb40e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 70.59% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.92% magenta, 93.69% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 47.88°, with 88.14% saturation and 46.27% 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 10.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.27.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.482

Complementary

  1. #deb40e
  2. #0e38de

Split complementary

  1. #deb40e
  2. #0ea0de
  3. #4c0ede

Analogous

  1. #de4c0e
  2. #deb40e
  3. #a0de0e

Triadic

  1. #deb40e
  2. #0edeb4
  3. #b40ede

Tetradic

  1. #deb40e
  2. #38de0e
  3. #0e38de
  4. #b40ede

Square

  1. #deb40e
  2. #0ede4c
  3. #0e38de
  4. #de0ea0

Monochromatic

  1. #4e3f05
  2. #967a09
  3. #deb40e
  4. #f3d045
  5. #f8e28d

Shades

#deb40e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #deb40e
  2. #c8a20d
  3. #b2900b
  4. #9b7e0a
  5. #856c08
  6. #6f5a07
  7. #594806
  8. #433604
  9. #2c2403
  10. #161201
  11. #000000

Tints

#deb40e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #deb40e
  2. #e1bc26
  3. #e5c33e
  4. #e8cb56
  5. #ebd26e
  6. #efda87
  7. #f2e19f
  8. #f5e9b7
  9. #f8f0cf
  10. #fcf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#deb40e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #deb40e
  2. #d5af19
  3. #cbaa25
  4. #c2a430
  5. #b89f3c
  6. #af9a47
  7. #a69552
  8. #9c905e
  9. #938a69
  10. #898575
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b793 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bd21 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1a399 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8ba1b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eaaa7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-deb40e {
  color: #deb40e;
}
Background
.bg-deb40e {
  background-color: #deb40e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-deb40e {
  border: 2px solid #deb40e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #deb40e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 180 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 88% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-deb40e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #deb40e, #a0de0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-deb40e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 180 14 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.48 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.61 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.91 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.47 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.65 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.72 #214bf1 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#deb40e  rgb(222, 180, 14)  hsl(48, 88%, 46%)  Meat Brown
#0e38de  rgb(14, 56, 222)  hsl(228, 88%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#0edeb4  rgb(14, 222, 180)  hsl(168, 88%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#b40ede  rgb(180, 14, 222)  hsl(288, 88%, 46%)  Dark Orchid