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#DFBC5E

#dfbc5e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbc5e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 73.73% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.7% magenta, 57.85% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 43.72°, with 66.84% saturation and 62.16% 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 11.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.29.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5246

Complementary

  1. #dfbc5e
  2. #5e81df

Split complementary

  1. #dfbc5e
  2. #5ec2df
  3. #7c5edf

Analogous

  1. #df7c5e
  2. #dfbc5e
  3. #c2df5e

Triadic

  1. #dfbc5e
  2. #5edfbc
  3. #bc5edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfbc5e
  2. #81df5e
  3. #5e81df
  4. #bc5edf

Square

  1. #dfbc5e
  2. #5edf7c
  3. #5e81df
  4. #df5ec2

Monochromatic

  1. #896b1b
  2. #c99d28
  3. #dfbc5e
  4. #ecd79e
  5. #f8f1de

Shades

#dfbc5e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbc5e
  2. #c9a955
  3. #b2964b
  4. #9c8442
  5. #867138
  6. #705e2f
  7. #594b26
  8. #43381c
  9. #2d2613
  10. #161309
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbc5e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbc5e
  2. #e2c36e
  3. #e5c97e
  4. #e9d08e
  5. #ecd79e
  6. #efdeaf
  7. #f2e4bf
  8. #f5ebcf
  9. #f9f2df
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbc5e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbc5e
  2. #d6b661
  3. #ccb065
  4. #c3aa68
  5. #b9a46c
  6. #b09e6f
  7. #a69872
  8. #9d9276
  9. #938c79
  10. #8a867d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdbea2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceba55 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c462 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0afa7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5bb59 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dac160 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b48f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbc5e {
  color: #dfbc5e;
}
Background
.bg-dfbc5e {
  background-color: #dfbc5e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbc5e {
  border: 2px solid #dfbc5e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbc5e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 188 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 67% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbc5e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbc5e, #c2df5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbc5e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 188 94 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.29 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.71 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.23 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.85 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.55 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.80 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 8.03 #2043a1 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#dfbc5e  rgb(223, 188, 94)  hsl(44, 67%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#5e81df  rgb(94, 129, 223)  hsl(224, 67%, 62%)  Glaucous
#5edfbc  rgb(94, 223, 188)  hsl(164, 67%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc5edf  rgb(188, 94, 223)  hsl(284, 67%, 62%)  Medium Orchid