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#DEB855

#deb855 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#deb855 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 72.16% green and 33.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.12% magenta, 61.71% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 43.36°, with 67.49% saturation and 60.2% 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 11.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.24.

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Relative luminance0.5047

Complementary

  1. #deb855
  2. #557bde

Split complementary

  1. #deb855
  2. #55c0de
  3. #7455de

Analogous

  1. #de7455
  2. #deb855
  3. #c0de55

Triadic

  1. #deb855
  2. #55deb8
  3. #b855de

Tetradic

  1. #deb855
  2. #7bde55
  3. #557bde
  4. #b855de

Square

  1. #deb855
  2. #55de74
  3. #557bde
  4. #de55c0

Monochromatic

  1. #816419
  2. #c19625
  3. #deb855
  4. #ead395
  5. #f7eed5

Shades

#deb855 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #deb855
  2. #c8a64d
  3. #b29344
  4. #9b813c
  5. #856e33
  6. #6f5c2b
  7. #594a22
  8. #43371a
  9. #2c2511
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#deb855 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #deb855
  2. #e1bf66
  3. #e5c677
  4. #e8cd88
  5. #ebd499
  6. #efdcaa
  7. #f2e3bb
  8. #f5eacc
  9. #f8f1dd
  10. #fcf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#deb855 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #deb855
  2. #d5b259
  3. #cbad5e
  4. #c2a762
  5. #b8a266
  6. #af9c6b
  7. #a6966f
  8. #9c9173
  9. #938b77
  10. #89867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbb9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb64b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4c159 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efaaa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b74f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8bd57 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8b08a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-deb855 {
  color: #deb855;
}
Background
.bg-deb855 {
  background-color: #deb855;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-deb855 {
  border: 2px solid #deb855;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #deb855;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 184 85;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 67% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-deb855 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #deb855, #c0de55);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-deb855 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 184 85 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.63 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.96 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.18 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.45 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 7.88 #2147aa Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#deb855  rgb(222, 184, 85)  hsl(43, 67%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#557bde  rgb(85, 123, 222)  hsl(223, 67%, 60%)  Glaucous
#55deb8  rgb(85, 222, 184)  hsl(163, 67%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b855de  rgb(184, 85, 222)  hsl(283, 67%, 60%)  Medium Orchid