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#DEB856

#deb856 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#deb856 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 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.12% magenta, 61.26% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 43.24°, with 67.33% saturation and 60.39% 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 11.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.34.

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Relative luminance0.5048

Complementary

  1. #deb856
  2. #567cde

Split complementary

  1. #deb856
  2. #56c0de
  3. #7456de

Analogous

  1. #de7456
  2. #deb856
  3. #c0de56

Triadic

  1. #deb856
  2. #56deb8
  3. #b856de

Tetradic

  1. #deb856
  2. #7cde56
  3. #567cde
  4. #b856de

Square

  1. #deb856
  2. #56de74
  3. #567cde
  4. #de56c0

Monochromatic

  1. #826519
  2. #c29626
  3. #deb856
  4. #ead396
  5. #f7eed6

Shades

#deb856 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #deb856
  2. #c8a64d
  3. #b29345
  4. #9b813c
  5. #856e34
  6. #6f5c2b
  7. #594a22
  8. #43371a
  9. #2c2511
  10. #161209
  11. #000000

Tints

#deb856 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #deb856
  2. #e1bf67
  3. #e5c678
  4. #e8cd89
  5. #ebd49a
  6. #efdcab
  7. #f2e3bb
  8. #f5eacc
  9. #f8f1dd
  10. #fcf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#deb856 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #deb856
  2. #d5b25a
  3. #cbad5e
  4. #c2a763
  5. #b8a267
  6. #af9c6b
  7. #a6966f
  8. #9c9173
  9. #938b78
  10. #89867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbb9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb64c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4c15a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efaaa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b750 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8bd58 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8b08a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-deb856 {
  color: #deb856;
}
Background
.bg-deb856 {
  background-color: #deb856;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-deb856 {
  border: 2px solid #deb856;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #deb856;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 184 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 67% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-deb856 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #deb856, #c0de56);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-deb856 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 184 86 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.06 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.27 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.51 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 7.96 #2147a9 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#deb856  rgb(222, 184, 86)  hsl(43, 67%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#567cde  rgb(86, 124, 222)  hsl(223, 67%, 60%)  Glaucous
#56deb8  rgb(86, 222, 184)  hsl(163, 67%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b856de  rgb(184, 86, 222)  hsl(283, 67%, 60%)  Medium Orchid