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#E6B341

#e6b341 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.17% magenta, 71.74% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 41.45°, with 76.74% saturation and 57.84% 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 10.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.19.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.4944

Complementary

  1. #e6b341
  2. #4174e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6b341
  2. #41c7e6
  3. #6041e6

Analogous

  1. #e66041
  2. #e6b341
  3. #c7e641

Triadic

  1. #e6b341
  2. #41e6b3
  3. #b341e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6b341
  2. #74e641
  3. #4174e6
  4. #b341e6

Square

  1. #e6b341
  2. #41e660
  3. #4174e6
  4. #e641c7

Monochromatic

  1. #7d5c11
  2. #c18d19
  3. #e6b341
  4. #efce85
  5. #f8e9c8

Shades

#e6b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6b341
  2. #cfa13b
  3. #b88f34
  4. #a17d2e
  5. #8a6b27
  6. #735a21
  7. #5c481a
  8. #453614
  9. #2e240d
  10. #171207
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6b341
  2. #e9bb54
  3. #ebc267
  4. #eeca7a
  5. #f0d18d
  6. #f3d9a0
  7. #f5e1b3
  8. #f8e8c6
  9. #faf0d9
  10. #fdf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6b341
  2. #dcae47
  3. #d2a94e
  4. #c7a454
  5. #bd9f5a
  6. #b39a61
  7. #a99467
  8. #9f8f6d
  9. #948a73
  10. #8a857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdb899 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b331 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5c046 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9a39c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b338 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcbb44 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2aa81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6b341 {
  color: #e6b341;
}
Background
.bg-e6b341 {
  background-color: #e6b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6b341 {
  border: 2px solid #e6b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 77% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6b341, #c7e641);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.19 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.00 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.44 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.55 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.11 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.27 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.38 #194cbe Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e6b341  rgb(230, 179, 65)  hsl(41, 77%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#4174e6  rgb(65, 116, 230)  hsl(221, 77%, 58%)  Brandeis Blue
#41e6b3  rgb(65, 230, 179)  hsl(161, 77%, 58%)  Caribbean Green
#b341e6  rgb(179, 65, 230)  hsl(281, 77%, 58%)  Electric Purple