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#EEBB4E

#eebb4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eebb4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 73.33% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.43% magenta, 67.23% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 40.87°, with 82.47% saturation and 61.96% 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 11.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.81.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5427

Complementary

  1. #eebb4e
  2. #4e81ee

Split complementary

  1. #eebb4e
  2. #4ed1ee
  3. #6b4eee

Analogous

  1. #ee6b4e
  2. #eebb4e
  3. #d1ee4e

Triadic

  1. #eebb4e
  2. #4eeebb
  3. #bb4eee

Tetradic

  1. #eebb4e
  2. #81ee4e
  3. #4e81ee
  4. #bb4eee

Square

  1. #eebb4e
  2. #4eee6b
  3. #4e81ee
  4. #ee4ed1

Monochromatic

  1. #956a0e
  2. #db9c15
  3. #eebb4e
  4. #f5d694
  5. #fbf1da

Shades

#eebb4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eebb4e
  2. #d6a846
  3. #be963e
  4. #a78337
  5. #8f702f
  6. #775e27
  7. #5f4b1f
  8. #473817
  9. #302510
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#eebb4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eebb4e
  2. #f0c260
  3. #f1c971
  4. #f3cf83
  5. #f5d695
  6. #f7dda7
  7. #f8e4b8
  8. #faebca
  9. #fcf1dc
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eebb4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eebb4e
  2. #e3b553
  3. #d8af58
  4. #cda95d
  5. #c2a362
  6. #b79e67
  7. #ac986c
  8. #a19271
  9. #968c76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c0a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1bb41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc852 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbb47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c351 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fab28a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eebb4e {
  color: #eebb4e;
}
Background
.bg-eebb4e {
  background-color: #eebb4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eebb4e {
  border: 2px solid #eebb4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eebb4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 187 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 82% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eebb4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eebb4e, #d1ee4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eebb4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 187 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.81 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.78 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.77 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.87 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.96 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.07 #1144b1 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eebb4e  rgb(238, 187, 78)  hsl(41, 82%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#4e81ee  rgb(78, 129, 238)  hsl(221, 82%, 62%)  United Nations Blue
#4eeebb  rgb(78, 238, 187)  hsl(161, 82%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#bb4eee  rgb(187, 78, 238)  hsl(281, 82%, 62%)  Medium Orchid