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#DFB236

#dfb236 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfb236 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 69.8% green and 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.18% magenta, 75.78% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 44.02°, with 72.53% saturation and 54.31% 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 10.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.37.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.478

Complementary

  1. #dfb236
  2. #3663df

Split complementary

  1. #dfb236
  2. #36b8df
  3. #5d36df

Analogous

  1. #df5d36
  2. #dfb236
  3. #b8df36

Triadic

  1. #dfb236
  2. #36dfb2
  3. #b236df

Tetradic

  1. #dfb236
  2. #63df36
  3. #3663df
  4. #b236df

Square

  1. #dfb236
  2. #36df5d
  3. #3663df
  4. #df36b8

Monochromatic

  1. #6b5311
  2. #ad861c
  3. #dfb236
  4. #eacb78
  5. #f4e5ba

Shades

#dfb236 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfb236
  2. #c9a031
  3. #b28e2b
  4. #9c7d26
  5. #866b20
  6. #70591b
  7. #594716
  8. #433510
  9. #2d240b
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfb236 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfb236
  2. #e2ba4a
  3. #e5c15e
  4. #e9c972
  5. #ecd186
  6. #efd99b
  7. #f2e0af
  8. #f5e8c3
  9. #f9f0d7
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfb236 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfb236
  2. #d6ad3d
  3. #cca845
  4. #c3a34c
  5. #b99e54
  6. #b0995b
  7. #a69462
  8. #9d8f6a
  9. #938a71
  10. #8a8579
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b595 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b120 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bd3d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2a29a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b12a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7b93a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eaa97e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfb236 {
  color: #dfb236;
}
Background
.bg-dfb236 {
  background-color: #dfb236;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfb236 {
  border: 2px solid #dfb236;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfb236;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 178 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 73% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfb236 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfb236, #b8df36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfb236 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 178 54 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.44 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.82 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.13 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.27 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.37 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.60 #204dc9 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfb236  rgb(223, 178, 54)  hsl(44, 73%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#3663df  rgb(54, 99, 223)  hsl(224, 73%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#36dfb2  rgb(54, 223, 178)  hsl(164, 73%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#b236df  rgb(178, 54, 223)  hsl(284, 73%, 54%)  Electric Purple