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#ECB91C

#ecb91c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 72.55% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.61% magenta, 88.14% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 45.29°, with 84.55% saturation and 51.76% 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 11.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.6.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5261

Complementary

  1. #ecb91c
  2. #1c4fec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb91c
  2. #1cb7ec
  3. #511cec

Analogous

  1. #ec511c
  2. #ecb91c
  3. #b7ec1c

Triadic

  1. #ecb91c
  2. #1cecb9
  3. #b91cec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb91c
  2. #4fec1c
  3. #1c4fec
  4. #b91cec

Square

  1. #ecb91c
  2. #1cec51
  3. #1c4fec
  4. #ec1cb7

Monochromatic

  1. #664f09
  2. #ad860e
  3. #ecb91c
  4. #f2cf63
  5. #f8e5a9

Shades

#ecb91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb91c
  2. #d4a719
  3. #bd9416
  4. #a58214
  5. #8e6f11
  6. #765d0e
  7. #5e4a0b
  8. #473808
  9. #2f2506
  10. #181303
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb91c
  2. #eec033
  3. #f0c749
  4. #f2ce60
  5. #f4d577
  6. #f6dc8e
  7. #f7e3a4
  8. #f9eabb
  9. #fbf1d2
  10. #fdf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb91c
  2. #e1b326
  3. #d6ae30
  4. #cca83a
  5. #c1a244
  6. #b69d4e
  7. #ab9758
  8. #a09162
  9. #968b6c
  10. #8b8676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bd99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc629 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa79e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c124 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9af7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb91c {
  color: #ecb91c;
}
Background
.bg-ecb91c {
  background-color: #ecb91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb91c {
  border: 2px solid #ecb91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 185 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 85% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb91c, #b7ec1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 185 28 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.60 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.74 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.17 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.66 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.69 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.63 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.92 #1346e3 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb91c  rgb(236, 185, 28)  hsl(45, 85%, 52%)  Meat Brown
#1c4fec  rgb(28, 79, 236)  hsl(225, 85%, 52%)  Iris
#1cecb9  rgb(28, 236, 185)  hsl(165, 85%, 52%)  Aquamarine
#b91cec  rgb(185, 28, 236)  hsl(285, 85%, 52%)  Electric Purple