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#DFB31E

#dfb31e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfb31e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 70.2% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.73% magenta, 86.55% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 46.32°, with 76.28% saturation and 49.61% 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 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.41.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4802

Complementary

  1. #dfb31e
  2. #1e4adf

Split complementary

  1. #dfb31e
  2. #1eabdf
  3. #531edf

Analogous

  1. #df531e
  2. #dfb31e
  3. #abdf1e

Triadic

  1. #dfb31e
  2. #1edfb3
  3. #b31edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfb31e
  2. #4adf1e
  3. #1e4adf
  4. #b31edf

Square

  1. #dfb31e
  2. #1edf53
  3. #1e4adf
  4. #df1eab

Monochromatic

  1. #58470c
  2. #9c7d15
  3. #dfb31e
  4. #eaca60
  5. #f3e1a3

Shades

#dfb31e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfb31e
  2. #c9a11b
  3. #b28f18
  4. #9c7d15
  5. #866b12
  6. #705a0f
  7. #59480c
  8. #433609
  9. #2d2406
  10. #161203
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfb31e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfb31e
  2. #e2bb35
  3. #e5c24b
  4. #e9ca62
  5. #ecd178
  6. #efd98f
  7. #f2e1a5
  8. #f5e8bc
  9. #f9f0d2
  10. #fcf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfb31e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfb31e
  2. #d6ae28
  3. #cca932
  4. #c3a43b
  5. #b99f45
  6. #b09a4f
  7. #a69459
  8. #9d8f63
  9. #938a6c
  10. #8a8576
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b693 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bd2a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2a299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8b926 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba97b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfb31e {
  color: #dfb31e;
}
Background
.bg-dfb31e {
  background-color: #dfb31e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfb31e {
  border: 2px solid #dfb31e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfb31e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 179 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 76% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfb31e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfb31e, #abdf1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfb31e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 179 30 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.00 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.56 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.64 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.08 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.64 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.10 #204ce1 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfb31e  rgb(223, 179, 30)  hsl(46, 76%, 50%)  Meat Brown
#1e4adf  rgb(30, 74, 223)  hsl(226, 76%, 50%)  Iris
#1edfb3  rgb(30, 223, 179)  hsl(166, 76%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#b31edf  rgb(179, 30, 223)  hsl(286, 76%, 50%)  Electric Purple