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#DFAE26

#dfae26 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfae26 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 68.24% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.97% magenta, 82.96% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 44.11°, with 74.3% saturation and 51.18% 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 10.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.49.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.461

Complementary

  1. #dfae26
  2. #2657df

Split complementary

  1. #dfae26
  2. #26b4df
  3. #5226df

Analogous

  1. #df5226
  2. #dfae26
  3. #b4df26

Triadic

  1. #dfae26
  2. #26dfae
  3. #ae26df

Tetradic

  1. #dfae26
  2. #57df26
  3. #2657df
  4. #ae26df

Square

  1. #dfae26
  2. #26df52
  3. #2657df
  4. #df26b4

Monochromatic

  1. #5e490e
  2. #a17c18
  3. #dfae26
  4. #e9c769
  5. #f3e0ab

Shades

#dfae26 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfae26
  2. #c99d22
  3. #b28b1e
  4. #9c7a1b
  5. #866817
  6. #705713
  7. #59460f
  8. #43340b
  9. #2d2308
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfae26 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfae26
  2. #e2b63c
  3. #e5be51
  4. #e9c667
  5. #ecce7d
  6. #efd793
  7. #f2dfa8
  8. #f5e7be
  9. #f9efd4
  10. #fcf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfae26 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfae26
  2. #d6a92f
  3. #cca538
  4. #c3a041
  5. #b99c4a
  6. #b09753
  7. #a6925c
  8. #9d8e65
  9. #93896e
  10. #8a8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b291 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0ba2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f29d95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0ae12 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b52c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba478 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfae26 {
  color: #dfae26;
}
Background
.bg-dfae26 {
  background-color: #dfae26;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfae26 {
  border: 2px solid #dfae26;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfae26;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 174 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 74% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfae26 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfae26, #b4df26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfae26 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 174 38 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.49 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.63 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.27 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.73 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.33 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.35 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.35 #2051d9 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfae26  rgb(223, 174, 38)  hsl(44, 74%, 51%)  Meat Brown
#2657df  rgb(38, 87, 223)  hsl(224, 74%, 51%)  Sapphire
#26dfae  rgb(38, 223, 174)  hsl(164, 74%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#ae26df  rgb(174, 38, 223)  hsl(284, 74%, 51%)  Dark Orchid