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#DFB015

#dfb015 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfb015 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 69.02% green and 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.08% magenta, 90.58% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 46.04°, with 82.79% saturation and 47.84% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.75.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4679

Complementary

  1. #dfb015
  2. #1544df

Split complementary

  1. #dfb015
  2. #15a9df
  3. #4b15df

Analogous

  1. #df4b15
  2. #dfb015
  3. #a9df15

Triadic

  1. #dfb015
  2. #15dfb0
  3. #b015df

Tetradic

  1. #dfb015
  2. #44df15
  3. #1544df
  4. #b015df

Square

  1. #dfb015
  2. #15df4b
  3. #1544df
  4. #df15a9

Monochromatic

  1. #534208
  2. #99790e
  3. #dfb015
  4. #efca52
  5. #f5e098

Shades

#dfb015 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfb015
  2. #c99e13
  3. #b28d11
  4. #9c7b0f
  5. #866a0d
  6. #70580b
  7. #594608
  8. #433506
  9. #2d2304
  10. #161202
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfb015 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfb015
  2. #e2b82c
  3. #e5c044
  4. #e9c85b
  5. #ecd073
  6. #efd88a
  7. #f2dfa1
  8. #f5e7b9
  9. #f9efd0
  10. #fcf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfb015 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfb015
  2. #d6ab20
  3. #cca62a
  4. #c3a235
  5. #b99d40
  6. #b0984b
  7. #a69355
  8. #9d8e60
  9. #938a6b
  10. #8a8575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b491 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bb23 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f29f96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1af00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7b71e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba678 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfb015 {
  color: #dfb015;
}
Background
.bg-dfb015 {
  background-color: #dfb015;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfb015 {
  border: 2px solid #dfb015;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfb015;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 176 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 83% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfb015 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfb015, #a9df15);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfb015 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 176 21 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.36 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.78 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.12 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.77 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.87 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.09 #204fea Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfb015  rgb(223, 176, 21)  hsl(46, 83%, 48%)  Meat Brown
#1544df  rgb(21, 68, 223)  hsl(226, 83%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#15dfb0  rgb(21, 223, 176)  hsl(166, 83%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#b015df  rgb(176, 21, 223)  hsl(286, 83%, 48%)  Dark Orchid