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#ECB60C

#ecb60c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb60c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 71.37% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.88% magenta, 94.92% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 45.54°, with 90.32% saturation and 48.63% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.07.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5132

Complementary

  1. #ecb60c
  2. #0c42ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb60c
  2. #0cb2ec
  3. #460cec

Analogous

  1. #ec460c
  2. #ecb60c
  3. #b2ec0c

Triadic

  1. #ecb60c
  2. #0cecb6
  3. #b60cec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb60c
  2. #42ec0c
  3. #0c42ec
  4. #b60cec

Square

  1. #ecb60c
  2. #0cec46
  3. #0c42ec
  4. #ec0cb2

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4605
  2. #a37e08
  3. #ecb60c
  4. #f6ce4e
  5. #fae297

Shades

#ecb60c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb60c
  2. #d4a40b
  3. #bd920a
  4. #a57f08
  5. #8e6d07
  6. #765b06
  7. #5e4905
  8. #473704
  9. #2f2402
  10. #181201
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb60c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb60c
  2. #eebd24
  3. #f0c53d
  4. #f2cc55
  5. #f4d36d
  6. #f6db86
  7. #f7e29e
  8. #f9e9b6
  9. #fbf0ce
  10. #fdf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb60c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb60c
  2. #e1b118
  3. #d6ab23
  4. #cca62f
  5. #c1a03a
  6. #b69b46
  7. #ab9652
  8. #a0905d
  9. #968b69
  10. #8b8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2bb97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc41f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa49b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2be19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9ab7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb60c {
  color: #ecb60c;
}
Background
.bg-ecb60c {
  background-color: #ecb60c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb60c {
  border: 2px solid #ecb60c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb60c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 182 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 90% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb60c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb60c, #b2ec0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb60c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 182 12 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.07 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.39 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.53 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.62 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.89 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.16 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.33 #1349f3 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb60c  rgb(236, 182, 12)  hsl(46, 90%, 49%)  Meat Brown
#0c42ec  rgb(12, 66, 236)  hsl(226, 90%, 49%)  Iris
#0cecb6  rgb(12, 236, 182)  hsl(166, 90%, 49%)  Aquamarine
#b60cec  rgb(182, 12, 236)  hsl(286, 90%, 49%)  Electric Purple