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#E2BC4E

#e2bc4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e2bc4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 73.73% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.81% magenta, 65.49% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 44.59°, with 71.84% saturation and 59.61% 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 11.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.56.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5269

Complementary

  1. #e2bc4e
  2. #4e74e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2bc4e
  2. #4ebee2
  3. #724ee2

Analogous

  1. #e2724e
  2. #e2bc4e
  3. #bee24e

Triadic

  1. #e2bc4e
  2. #4ee2bc
  3. #bc4ee2

Tetradic

  1. #e2bc4e
  2. #74e24e
  3. #4e74e2
  4. #bc4ee2

Square

  1. #e2bc4e
  2. #4ee272
  3. #4e74e2
  4. #e24ebe

Monochromatic

  1. #826615
  2. #c39920
  3. #e2bc4e
  4. #edd590
  5. #f8eed1

Shades

#e2bc4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2bc4e
  2. #cba946
  3. #b5963e
  4. #9e8437
  5. #88712f
  6. #715e27
  7. #5a4b1f
  8. #443817
  9. #2d2610
  10. #171308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2bc4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2bc4e
  2. #e5c360
  3. #e8c971
  4. #ebd083
  5. #eed795
  6. #f1dea7
  7. #f3e4b8
  8. #f6ebca
  9. #f9f2dc
  10. #fcf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2bc4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2bc4e
  2. #d8b653
  3. #ceb058
  4. #c5aa5d
  5. #bba462
  6. #b19e67
  7. #a7986c
  8. #9d9271
  9. #948c76
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cebe9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ba41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c453 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4ada5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bb47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc151 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #edb38a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2bc4e {
  color: #e2bc4e;
}
Background
.bg-e2bc4e {
  background-color: #e2bc4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2bc4e {
  border: 2px solid #e2bc4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2bc4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 188 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 72% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2bc4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2bc4e, #bee24e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2bc4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 188 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.56 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.69 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.49 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.66 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.40 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.47 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.73 #1d43b1 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e2bc4e  rgb(226, 188, 78)  hsl(45, 72%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#4e74e2  rgb(78, 116, 226)  hsl(225, 72%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#4ee2bc  rgb(78, 226, 188)  hsl(165, 72%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc4ee2  rgb(188, 78, 226)  hsl(285, 72%, 60%)  Medium Orchid