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#E5B341

#e5b341 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e5b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.83% magenta, 71.62% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 41.71°, with 75.93% saturation and 57.65% 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 10.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.99.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4928

Complementary

  1. #e5b341
  2. #4173e5

Split complementary

  1. #e5b341
  2. #41c5e5
  3. #6141e5

Analogous

  1. #e56141
  2. #e5b341
  3. #c5e541

Triadic

  1. #e5b341
  2. #41e5b3
  3. #b341e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5b341
  2. #73e541
  3. #4173e5
  4. #b341e5

Square

  1. #e5b341
  2. #41e561
  3. #4173e5
  4. #e541c5

Monochromatic

  1. #7c5b11
  2. #bf8d1a
  3. #e5b341
  4. #eece84
  5. #f7e9c8

Shades

#e5b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5b341
  2. #cea13b
  3. #b78f34
  4. #a07d2e
  5. #896b27
  6. #735a21
  7. #5c481a
  8. #453614
  9. #2e240d
  10. #171207
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5b341
  2. #e8bb54
  3. #eac267
  4. #edca7a
  5. #efd18d
  6. #f2d9a0
  7. #f5e1b3
  8. #f7e8c6
  9. #faf0d9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5b341
  2. #dbae47
  3. #d1a94e
  4. #c7a454
  5. #bd9f5a
  6. #b39a61
  7. #a89467
  8. #9e8f6d
  9. #948a73
  10. #8a857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdb799 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b331 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5c046 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8a39c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b338 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbbb44 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1aa81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5b341 {
  color: #e5b341;
}
Background
.bg-e5b341 {
  background-color: #e5b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5b341 {
  border: 2px solid #e5b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 76% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5b341, #c5e541);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.99 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.17 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.49 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.21 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.41 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.47 #1a4cbe Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e5b341  rgb(229, 179, 65)  hsl(42, 76%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#4173e5  rgb(65, 115, 229)  hsl(222, 76%, 58%)  Brandeis Blue
#41e5b3  rgb(65, 229, 179)  hsl(162, 76%, 58%)  Caribbean Green
#b341e5  rgb(179, 65, 229)  hsl(282, 76%, 58%)  Electric Purple