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#DFB146

#dfb146 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfb146 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 69.41% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.63% magenta, 68.61% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 41.96°, with 70.51% saturation and 57.45% 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 10.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.5.

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Relative luminance0.4757

Complementary

  1. #dfb146
  2. #4674df

Split complementary

  1. #dfb146
  2. #46c1df
  3. #6446df

Analogous

  1. #df6446
  2. #dfb146
  3. #c1df46

Triadic

  1. #dfb146
  2. #46dfb1
  3. #b146df

Tetradic

  1. #dfb146
  2. #74df46
  3. #4674df
  4. #b146df

Square

  1. #dfb146
  2. #46df64
  3. #4674df
  4. #df46c1

Monochromatic

  1. #775a15
  2. #b98b20
  3. #dfb146
  4. #eacc87
  5. #f6e8c8

Shades

#dfb146 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfb146
  2. #c99f3f
  3. #b28e38
  4. #9c7c31
  5. #866a2a
  6. #705923
  7. #59471c
  8. #433515
  9. #2d230e
  10. #161207
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfb146 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfb146
  2. #e2b959
  3. #e5c16b
  4. #e9c87e
  5. #ecd090
  6. #efd8a3
  7. #f2e0b5
  8. #f5e8c8
  9. #f9efda
  10. #fcf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfb146 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfb146
  2. #d6ac4c
  3. #cca752
  4. #c3a257
  5. #b99d5d
  6. #b09963
  7. #a69469
  8. #9d8f6f
  9. #938a74
  10. #8a857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b597 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b039 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bc4b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1a29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b13e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7b849 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eaa881 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfb146 {
  color: #dfb146;
}
Background
.bg-dfb146 {
  background-color: #dfb146;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfb146 {
  border: 2px solid #dfb146;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfb146;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 177 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 71% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfb146 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfb146, #c1df46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfb146 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 177 70 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.50 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.39 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.95 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.24 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.33 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.64 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.00 #204eb9 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfb146  rgb(223, 177, 70)  hsl(42, 71%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#4674df  rgb(70, 116, 223)  hsl(222, 71%, 57%)  Brandeis Blue
#46dfb1  rgb(70, 223, 177)  hsl(162, 71%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b146df  rgb(177, 70, 223)  hsl(282, 71%, 57%)  Medium Orchid