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#DFAE28

#dfae28 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfae28 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 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.97% magenta, 82.06% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 43.93°, with 74.09% saturation and 51.57% 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 2.45.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4611

Complementary

  1. #dfae28
  2. #2859df

Split complementary

  1. #dfae28
  2. #28b5df
  3. #5228df

Analogous

  1. #df5228
  2. #dfae28
  3. #b5df28

Triadic

  1. #dfae28
  2. #28dfae
  3. #ae28df

Tetradic

  1. #dfae28
  2. #59df28
  3. #2859df
  4. #ae28df

Square

  1. #dfae28
  2. #28df52
  3. #2859df
  4. #df28b5

Monochromatic

  1. #604a0e
  2. #a27d18
  3. #dfae28
  4. #e9c76b
  5. #f3e0ad

Shades

#dfae28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfae28
  2. #c99d24
  3. #b28b20
  4. #9c7a1c
  5. #866818
  6. #705714
  7. #594610
  8. #43340c
  9. #2d2308
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfae28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfae28
  2. #e2b63e
  3. #e5be53
  4. #e9c669
  5. #ecce7e
  6. #efd794
  7. #f2dfa9
  8. #f5e7bf
  9. #f9efd4
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfae28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfae28
  2. #d6a931
  3. #cca53a
  4. #c3a042
  5. #b99c4b
  6. #b09754
  7. #a6925d
  8. #9d8e66
  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 #d0ba30 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f29d95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfae16 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b52d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba479 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfae28 {
  color: #dfae28;
}
Background
.bg-dfae28 {
  background-color: #dfae28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfae28 {
  border: 2px solid #dfae28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfae28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 174 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 74% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfae28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfae28, #b5df28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfae28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 174 40 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.45 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.25 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.77 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.34 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.39 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.41 #2051d7 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfae28  rgb(223, 174, 40)  hsl(44, 74%, 52%)  Meat Brown
#2859df  rgb(40, 89, 223)  hsl(224, 74%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#28dfae  rgb(40, 223, 174)  hsl(164, 74%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#ae28df  rgb(174, 40, 223)  hsl(284, 74%, 52%)  Dark Orchid