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#DFBC3A

#dfbc3a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbc3a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 73.73% green and 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.7% magenta, 73.99% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 47.27°, with 72.05% saturation and 55.1% 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 11.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5196

Complementary

  1. #dfbc3a
  2. #3a5ddf

Split complementary

  1. #dfbc3a
  2. #3ab0df
  3. #6a3adf

Analogous

  1. #df6a3a
  2. #dfbc3a
  3. #b0df3a

Triadic

  1. #dfbc3a
  2. #3adfbc
  3. #bc3adf

Tetradic

  1. #dfbc3a
  2. #5ddf3a
  3. #3a5ddf
  4. #bc3adf

Square

  1. #dfbc3a
  2. #3adf6a
  3. #3a5ddf
  4. #df3ab0

Monochromatic

  1. #6e5b12
  2. #b0911d
  3. #dfbc3a
  4. #ead27c
  5. #f4e9be

Shades

#dfbc3a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbc3a
  2. #c9a934
  3. #b2962e
  4. #9c8429
  5. #867123
  6. #705e1d
  7. #594b17
  8. #433811
  9. #2d260c
  10. #161306
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbc3a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbc3a
  2. #e2c34e
  3. #e5c961
  4. #e9d075
  5. #ecd789
  6. #efde9d
  7. #f2e4b0
  8. #f5ebc4
  9. #f9f2d8
  10. #fcf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbc3a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbc3a
  2. #d6b641
  3. #ccb048
  4. #c3aa4f
  5. #b9a456
  6. #b09e5d
  7. #a69864
  8. #9d926b
  9. #938c72
  10. #8a8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbe9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b924 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c342 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1ada3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6ba2e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc03f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab385 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbc3a {
  color: #dfbc3a;
}
Background
.bg-dfbc3a {
  background-color: #dfbc3a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbc3a {
  border: 2px solid #dfbc3a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbc3a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 188 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 72% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbc3a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbc3a, #b0df3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbc3a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 188 58 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.32 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.33 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.56 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.25 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.10 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.14 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.56 #2043c5 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfbc3a  rgb(223, 188, 58)  hsl(47, 72%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#3a5ddf  rgb(58, 93, 223)  hsl(227, 72%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3adfbc  rgb(58, 223, 188)  hsl(167, 72%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc3adf  rgb(188, 58, 223)  hsl(287, 72%, 55%)  Medium Orchid