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#EBBC4E

#ebbc4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebbc4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 73.73% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 66.81% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 42.04°, with 79.7% saturation and 61.37% 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 11.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.16.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5418

Complementary

  1. #ebbc4e
  2. #4e7deb

Split complementary

  1. #ebbc4e
  2. #4ecbeb
  3. #6d4eeb

Analogous

  1. #eb6d4e
  2. #ebbc4e
  3. #cbeb4e

Triadic

  1. #ebbc4e
  2. #4eebbc
  3. #bc4eeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebbc4e
  2. #7deb4e
  3. #4e7deb
  4. #bc4eeb

Square

  1. #ebbc4e
  2. #4eeb6d
  3. #4e7deb
  4. #eb4ecb

Monochromatic

  1. #906a10
  2. #d49c18
  3. #ebbc4e
  4. #f3d693
  5. #fbf0d7

Shades

#ebbc4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebbc4e
  2. #d4a946
  3. #bc963e
  4. #a58437
  5. #8d712f
  6. #765e27
  7. #5e4b1f
  8. #473817
  9. #2f2610
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebbc4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebbc4e
  2. #edc360
  3. #efc971
  4. #f1d083
  5. #f3d795
  6. #f5dea7
  7. #f7e4b8
  8. #f9ebca
  9. #fbf2dc
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebbc4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebbc4e
  2. #e0b653
  3. #d6b058
  4. #cbaa5d
  5. #c0a462
  6. #b69e67
  7. #ab986c
  8. #a09271
  9. #958c76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4c0a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1bb41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc853 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feaca5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbc46 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c351 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b38a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebbc4e {
  color: #ebbc4e;
}
Background
.bg-ebbc4e {
  background-color: #ebbc4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebbc4e {
  border: 2px solid #ebbc4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebbc4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 188 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 80% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebbc4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebbc4e, #cbeb4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebbc4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 188 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.16 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.03 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.73 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.81 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.93 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.95 #1443b1 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebbc4e  rgb(235, 188, 78)  hsl(42, 80%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#4e7deb  rgb(78, 125, 235)  hsl(222, 80%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#4eebbc  rgb(78, 235, 188)  hsl(162, 80%, 61%)  Aquamarine
#bc4eeb  rgb(188, 78, 235)  hsl(282, 80%, 61%)  Medium Orchid