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#DFB237

#dfb237 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfb237 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 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.18% magenta, 75.34% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 43.93°, with 72.41% saturation and 54.51% 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. #dfb237
  2. #3764df

Split complementary

  1. #dfb237
  2. #37b8df
  3. #5e37df

Analogous

  1. #df5e37
  2. #dfb237
  3. #b8df37

Triadic

  1. #dfb237
  2. #37dfb2
  3. #b237df

Tetradic

  1. #dfb237
  2. #64df37
  3. #3764df
  4. #b237df

Square

  1. #dfb237
  2. #37df5e
  3. #3764df
  4. #df37b8

Monochromatic

  1. #6c5411
  2. #ae871c
  3. #dfb237
  4. #eacb79
  5. #f4e5bb

Shades

#dfb237 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfb237
  2. #c9a032
  3. #b28e2c
  4. #9c7d27
  5. #866b21
  6. #70591c
  7. #594716
  8. #433511
  9. #2d240b
  10. #161206
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfb237 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfb237
  2. #e2ba4b
  3. #e5c15f
  4. #e9c973
  5. #ecd187
  6. #efd99b
  7. #f2e0af
  8. #f5e8c3
  9. #f9f0d7
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfb237 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfb237
  2. #d6ad3e
  3. #cca846
  4. #c3a34d
  5. #b99e54
  6. #b0995c
  7. #a69463
  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 #c7b122 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bd3d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2a29a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b12c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7b93b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eaa97e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfb237 {
  color: #dfb237;
}
Background
.bg-dfb237 {
  background-color: #dfb237;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfb237 {
  border: 2px solid #dfb237;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfb237;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 178 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 72% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfb237 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfb237, #b8df37);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfb237 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 178 55 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.45 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.82 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.17 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.29 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.42 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.63 #204dc8 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfb237  rgb(223, 178, 55)  hsl(44, 72%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#3764df  rgb(55, 100, 223)  hsl(224, 72%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#37dfb2  rgb(55, 223, 178)  hsl(164, 72%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#b237df  rgb(178, 55, 223)  hsl(284, 72%, 55%)  Electric Purple