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#DFB217

#dfb217 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfb217 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 69.8% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.18% magenta, 89.69% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 46.5°, with 81.3% saturation and 48.24% 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 10.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.66.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4759

Complementary

  1. #dfb217
  2. #1744df

Split complementary

  1. #dfb217
  2. #17a8df
  3. #4e17df

Analogous

  1. #df4e17
  2. #dfb217
  3. #a8df17

Triadic

  1. #dfb217
  2. #17dfb2
  3. #b217df

Tetradic

  1. #dfb217
  2. #44df17
  3. #1744df
  4. #b217df

Square

  1. #dfb217
  2. #17df4e
  3. #1744df
  4. #df17a8

Monochromatic

  1. #544309
  2. #9a7b10
  3. #dfb217
  4. #edcb55
  5. #f5e09a

Shades

#dfb217 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfb217
  2. #c9a015
  3. #b28e12
  4. #9c7d10
  5. #866b0e
  6. #70590c
  7. #594709
  8. #433507
  9. #2d2405
  10. #161202
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfb217 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfb217
  2. #e2ba2e
  3. #e5c145
  4. #e9c95d
  5. #ecd174
  6. #efd98b
  7. #f2e0a2
  8. #f5e8b9
  9. #f9f0d1
  10. #fcf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfb217 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfb217
  2. #d6ad22
  3. #cca82c
  4. #c3a337
  5. #b99e41
  6. #b0994c
  7. #a69456
  8. #9d8f61
  9. #938a6b
  10. #8a8576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b592 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3bd25 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2a198 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8b820 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba879 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfb217 {
  color: #dfb217;
}
Background
.bg-dfb217 {
  background-color: #dfb217;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfb217 {
  border: 2px solid #dfb217;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfb217;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 178 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 81% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfb217 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfb217, #a8df17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfb217 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 178 23 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.22 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.45 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.73 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.39 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.62 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.13 #204de8 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfb217  rgb(223, 178, 23)  hsl(47, 81%, 48%)  Meat Brown
#1744df  rgb(23, 68, 223)  hsl(227, 81%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#17dfb2  rgb(23, 223, 178)  hsl(167, 81%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#b217df  rgb(178, 23, 223)  hsl(287, 81%, 48%)  Dark Orchid