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#DFAE2D

#dfae2d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfae2d 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 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.97% magenta, 79.82% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 43.48°, with 73.55% saturation and 52.55% 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 10.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.39.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4615

Complementary

  1. #dfae2d
  2. #2d5edf

Split complementary

  1. #dfae2d
  2. #2db7df
  3. #552ddf

Analogous

  1. #df552d
  2. #dfae2d
  3. #b7df2d

Triadic

  1. #dfae2d
  2. #2ddfae
  3. #ae2ddf

Tetradic

  1. #dfae2d
  2. #5edf2d
  3. #2d5edf
  4. #ae2ddf

Square

  1. #dfae2d
  2. #2ddf55
  3. #2d5edf
  4. #df2db7

Monochromatic

  1. #644d0f
  2. #a67f19
  3. #dfae2d
  4. #e9c86f
  5. #f3e1b2

Shades

#dfae2d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfae2d
  2. #c99d29
  3. #b28b24
  4. #9c7a20
  5. #86681b
  6. #705717
  7. #594612
  8. #43340e
  9. #2d2309
  10. #161105
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfae2d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfae2d
  2. #e2b642
  3. #e5be57
  4. #e9c66c
  5. #ecce81
  6. #efd796
  7. #f2dfab
  8. #f5e7c0
  9. #f9efd5
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfae2d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfae2d
  2. #d6a935
  3. #cca53e
  4. #c3a046
  5. #b99c4e
  6. #b09757
  7. #a6925f
  8. #9d8e67
  9. #93896f
  10. #8a8578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b292 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad0e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0ba34 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f29e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfae1e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b532 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba47a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfae2d {
  color: #dfae2d;
}
Background
.bg-dfae2d {
  background-color: #dfae2d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfae2d {
  border: 2px solid #dfae2d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfae2d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 174 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 74% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfae2d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfae2d, #b7df2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfae2d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 174 45 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.39 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.52 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.23 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.89 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.38 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.53 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.56 #2051d2 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfae2d  rgb(223, 174, 45)  hsl(43, 74%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#2d5edf  rgb(45, 94, 223)  hsl(223, 74%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#2ddfae  rgb(45, 223, 174)  hsl(163, 74%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#ae2ddf  rgb(174, 45, 223)  hsl(283, 74%, 53%)  Dark Orchid