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#ECBB4E

#ecbb4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbb4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 73.33% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.76% magenta, 66.95% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 41.39°, with 80.61% saturation and 61.57% 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 11.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.42.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5392

Complementary

  1. #ecbb4e
  2. #4e7fec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbb4e
  2. #4eceec
  3. #6c4eec

Analogous

  1. #ec6c4e
  2. #ecbb4e
  3. #ceec4e

Triadic

  1. #ecbb4e
  2. #4eecbb
  3. #bb4eec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbb4e
  2. #7fec4e
  3. #4e7fec
  4. #bb4eec

Square

  1. #ecbb4e
  2. #4eec6c
  3. #4e7fec
  4. #ec4ece

Monochromatic

  1. #916910
  2. #d69b17
  3. #ecbb4e
  4. #f3d693
  5. #fbf0d8

Shades

#ecbb4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbb4e
  2. #d4a846
  3. #bd963e
  4. #a58337
  5. #8e702f
  6. #765e27
  7. #5e4b1f
  8. #473817
  9. #2f2510
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbb4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbb4e
  2. #eec260
  3. #f0c971
  4. #f2cf83
  5. #f4d695
  6. #f6dda7
  7. #f7e4b8
  8. #f9ebca
  9. #fbf1dc
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbb4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbb4e
  2. #e1b553
  3. #d6af58
  4. #cca95d
  5. #c1a362
  6. #b69e67
  7. #ab986c
  8. #a09271
  9. #968c76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bfa1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1bb41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc752 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbb47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c251 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b28a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbb4e {
  color: #ecbb4e;
}
Background
.bg-ecbb4e {
  background-color: #ecbb4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbb4e {
  border: 2px solid #ecbb4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbb4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 187 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 81% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbb4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbb4e, #ceec4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbb4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 187 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.42 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.32 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.84 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.90 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.00 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.02 #1344b1 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbb4e  rgb(236, 187, 78)  hsl(41, 81%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#4e7fec  rgb(78, 127, 236)  hsl(221, 81%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#4eecbb  rgb(78, 236, 187)  hsl(161, 81%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#bb4eec  rgb(187, 78, 236)  hsl(281, 81%, 62%)  Medium Orchid