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#EEBB2D

#eebb2d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eebb2d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 73.33% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.43% magenta, 81.09% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 44.15°, with 85.02% saturation and 55.49% 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 2.15.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5391

Complementary

  1. #eebb2d
  2. #2d60ee

Split complementary

  1. #eebb2d
  2. #2dc0ee
  3. #5b2dee

Analogous

  1. #ee5b2d
  2. #eebb2d
  3. #c0ee2d

Triadic

  1. #eebb2d
  2. #2deebb
  3. #bb2dee

Tetradic

  1. #eebb2d
  2. #60ee2d
  3. #2d60ee
  4. #bb2dee

Square

  1. #eebb2d
  2. #2dee5b
  3. #2d60ee
  4. #ee2dc0

Monochromatic

  1. #785b0a
  2. #bf910f
  3. #eebb2d
  4. #f4d274
  5. #f9e9bb

Shades

#eebb2d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eebb2d
  2. #d6a829
  3. #be9624
  4. #a78320
  5. #8f701b
  6. #775e17
  7. #5f4b12
  8. #47380e
  9. #302509
  10. #181305
  11. #000000

Tints

#eebb2d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eebb2d
  2. #f0c242
  3. #f1c957
  4. #f3cf6c
  5. #f5d681
  6. #f7dd96
  7. #f8e4ab
  8. #faebc0
  9. #fcf1d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eebb2d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eebb2d
  2. #e3b535
  3. #d8af3e
  4. #cda946
  5. #c2a34e
  6. #b79e57
  7. #ac985f
  8. #a19267
  9. #968c6f
  10. #8b8678
  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 #d5bf9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba01 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc836 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaaa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #deba1b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c332 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbb182 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eebb2d {
  color: #eebb2d;
}
Background
.bg-eebb2d {
  background-color: #eebb2d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eebb2d {
  border: 2px solid #eebb2d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eebb2d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 187 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eebb2d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eebb2d, #c0ee2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eebb2d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 187 45 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.15 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.39 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.24 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.59 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.64 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.25 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.01 #1144d2 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eebb2d  rgb(238, 187, 45)  hsl(44, 85%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2d60ee  rgb(45, 96, 238)  hsl(224, 85%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2deebb  rgb(45, 238, 187)  hsl(164, 85%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#bb2dee  rgb(187, 45, 238)  hsl(284, 85%, 55%)  Electric Purple