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#EEB520

#eeb520 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeb520 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 70.98% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.95% magenta, 86.55% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 43.4°, with 85.83% saturation and 52.94% 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 11.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.98.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5133

Complementary

  1. #eeb520
  2. #2059ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb520
  2. #20c0ee
  3. #4e20ee

Analogous

  1. #ee4e20
  2. #eeb520
  3. #c0ee20

Triadic

  1. #eeb520
  2. #20eeb5
  3. #b520ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb520
  2. #59ee20
  3. #2059ee
  4. #b520ee

Square

  1. #eeb520
  2. #20ee4e
  3. #2059ee
  4. #ee20c0

Monochromatic

  1. #6d5108
  2. #b4860e
  3. #eeb520
  4. #f3cd67
  5. #f9e4ae

Shades

#eeb520 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb520
  2. #d6a31d
  3. #be911a
  4. #a77f16
  5. #8f6d13
  6. #775b10
  7. #5f480d
  8. #47360a
  9. #302406
  10. #181203
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb520 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb520
  2. #f0bc36
  3. #f1c44d
  4. #f3cb63
  5. #f5d379
  6. #f7da90
  7. #f8e1a6
  8. #fae9bc
  9. #fcf0d2
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb520 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb520
  2. #e3b02a
  3. #d8aa33
  4. #cda53d
  5. #c2a046
  6. #b79b50
  7. #ac955a
  8. #a19063
  9. #968b6d
  10. #8b8576
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3ba98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc42b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa39b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3be27 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbaa7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb520 {
  color: #eeb520;
}
Background
.bg-eeb520 {
  background-color: #eeb520;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb520 {
  border: 2px solid #eeb520;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb520;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 181 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 86% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb520 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb520, #c0ee20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb520 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 181 32 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.98 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.48 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.88 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.20 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.25 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.70 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.75 #114adf Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eeb520  rgb(238, 181, 32)  hsl(43, 86%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#2059ee  rgb(32, 89, 238)  hsl(223, 86%, 53%)  Ultramarine Blue
#20eeb5  rgb(32, 238, 181)  hsl(163, 86%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#b520ee  rgb(181, 32, 238)  hsl(283, 86%, 53%)  Electric Purple