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#DFB40B

#dfb40b ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfb40b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 70.59% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.28% magenta, 95.07% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 47.83°, with 90.6% saturation and 45.88% 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 10.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.21.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.4835

Complementary

  1. #dfb40b
  2. #0b36df

Split complementary

  1. #dfb40b
  2. #0ba0df
  3. #4a0bdf

Analogous

  1. #df4a0b
  2. #dfb40b
  3. #a0df0b

Triadic

  1. #dfb40b
  2. #0bdfb4
  3. #b40bdf

Tetradic

  1. #dfb40b
  2. #36df0b
  3. #0b36df
  4. #b40bdf

Square

  1. #dfb40b
  2. #0bdf4a
  3. #0b36df
  4. #df0ba0

Monochromatic

  1. #4d3e04
  2. #967907
  3. #dfb40b
  4. #f6d141
  5. #f9e38a

Shades

#dfb40b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfb40b
  2. #c9a20a
  3. #b29009
  4. #9c7e08
  5. #866c07
  6. #705a06
  7. #594804
  8. #433603
  9. #2d2402
  10. #161201
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfb40b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfb40b
  2. #e2bc23
  3. #e5c33c
  4. #e9cb54
  5. #ecd26d
  6. #efda85
  7. #f2e19d
  8. #f5e9b6
  9. #f9f0ce
  10. #fcf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfb40b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfb40b
  2. #d6af17
  3. #ccaa22
  4. #c3a42e
  5. #b99f3a
  6. #b09a46
  7. #a69551
  8. #9d905d
  9. #938a69
  10. #8a8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b793 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5be20 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2a399 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9ba19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ebaa7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfb40b {
  color: #dfb40b;
}
Background
.bg-dfb40b {
  background-color: #dfb40b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfb40b {
  border: 2px solid #dfb40b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfb40b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 180 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 91% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfb40b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfb40b, #a0df0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfb40b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 180 11 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.21 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.63 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.50 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.16 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.38 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.51 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.61 #204bf4 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfb40b  rgb(223, 180, 11)  hsl(48, 91%, 46%)  Meat Brown
#0b36df  rgb(11, 54, 223)  hsl(228, 91%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#0bdfb4  rgb(11, 223, 180)  hsl(168, 91%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#b40bdf  rgb(180, 11, 223)  hsl(288, 91%, 46%)  Dark Orchid