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#DFB331

#dfb331 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfb331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 70.2% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.73% magenta, 78.03% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 44.83°, with 73.11% saturation and 53.33% 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 10.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.42.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4815

Complementary

  1. #dfb331
  2. #315ddf

Split complementary

  1. #dfb331
  2. #31b4df
  3. #5c31df

Analogous

  1. #df5c31
  2. #dfb331
  3. #b4df31

Triadic

  1. #dfb331
  2. #31dfb3
  3. #b331df

Tetradic

  1. #dfb331
  2. #5ddf31
  3. #315ddf
  4. #b331df

Square

  1. #dfb331
  2. #31df5c
  3. #315ddf
  4. #df31b4

Monochromatic

  1. #675110
  2. #a9851a
  3. #dfb331
  4. #e9cb73
  5. #f4e4b5

Shades

#dfb331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfb331
  2. #c9a12c
  3. #b28f27
  4. #9c7d22
  5. #866b1d
  6. #705a19
  7. #594814
  8. #43360f
  9. #2d240a
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfb331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfb331
  2. #e2bb46
  3. #e5c25a
  4. #e9ca6f
  5. #ecd183
  6. #efd998
  7. #f2e1ad
  8. #f5e8c1
  9. #f9f0d6
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfb331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfb331
  2. #d6ae39
  3. #cca941
  4. #c3a449
  5. #b99f51
  6. #b09a59
  7. #a69460
  8. #9d8f68
  9. #938a70
  10. #8a8578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b695 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b115 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3bd39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2a39a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b223 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8b936 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ebaa7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfb331 {
  color: #dfb331;
}
Background
.bg-dfb331 {
  background-color: #dfb331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfb331 {
  border: 2px solid #dfb331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfb331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 179 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 73% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfb331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfb331, #b4df31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfb331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 179 49 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.42 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.38 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.22 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.76 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.93 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.07 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.45 #204cce Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfb331  rgb(223, 179, 49)  hsl(45, 73%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#315ddf  rgb(49, 93, 223)  hsl(225, 73%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#31dfb3  rgb(49, 223, 179)  hsl(165, 73%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#b331df  rgb(179, 49, 223)  hsl(285, 73%, 53%)  Electric Purple