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#E9B341

#e9b341 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e9b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.18% magenta, 72.1% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 40.71°, with 79.25% saturation and 58.43% 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 10.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.85.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.4995

Complementary

  1. #e9b341
  2. #4177e9

Split complementary

  1. #e9b341
  2. #41cbe9
  3. #5f41e9

Analogous

  1. #e95f41
  2. #e9b341
  3. #cbe941

Triadic

  1. #e9b341
  2. #41e9b3
  3. #b341e9

Tetradic

  1. #e9b341
  2. #77e941
  3. #4177e9
  4. #b341e9

Square

  1. #e9b341
  2. #41e95f
  3. #4177e9
  4. #e941cb

Monochromatic

  1. #825d0f
  2. #c78e17
  3. #e9b341
  4. #f1ce86
  5. #f9eaca

Shades

#e9b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9b341
  2. #d2a13b
  3. #ba8f34
  4. #a37d2e
  5. #8c6b27
  6. #755a21
  7. #5d481a
  8. #463614
  9. #2f240d
  10. #171207
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9b341
  2. #ebbb54
  3. #edc267
  4. #f0ca7a
  5. #f2d18d
  6. #f4d9a0
  7. #f6e1b3
  8. #f8e8c6
  9. #fbf0d9
  10. #fdf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9b341
  2. #dfae47
  3. #d4a94e
  4. #caa454
  5. #bf9f5a
  6. #b59a61
  7. #aa9467
  8. #a08f6d
  9. #958a73
  10. #8b857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfb899 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab331 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6c146 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fda29c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7b338 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #debc44 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5a981 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9b341 {
  color: #e9b341;
}
Background
.bg-e9b341 {
  background-color: #e9b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9b341 {
  border: 2px solid #e9b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 79% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9b341, #cbe941);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.85 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.19 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.25 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.70 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.80 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.89 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.14 #164cbe Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e9b341  rgb(233, 179, 65)  hsl(41, 79%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#4177e9  rgb(65, 119, 233)  hsl(221, 79%, 58%)  Brandeis Blue
#41e9b3  rgb(65, 233, 179)  hsl(161, 79%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#b341e9  rgb(179, 65, 233)  hsl(281, 79%, 58%)  Electric Purple