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#EEBC56

#eebc56 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eebc56 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 73.73% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.01% magenta, 63.87% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 40.26°, with 81.72% saturation and 63.53% 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 11.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.52.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5482

Complementary

  1. #eebc56
  2. #5688ee

Split complementary

  1. #eebc56
  2. #56d4ee
  3. #7056ee

Analogous

  1. #ee7056
  2. #eebc56
  3. #d4ee56

Triadic

  1. #eebc56
  2. #56eebc
  3. #bc56ee

Tetradic

  1. #eebc56
  2. #88ee56
  3. #5688ee
  4. #bc56ee

Square

  1. #eebc56
  2. #56ee70
  3. #5688ee
  4. #ee56d4

Monochromatic

  1. #9b6d10
  2. #e19e17
  3. #eebc56
  4. #f5d89c
  5. #fcf3e1

Shades

#eebc56 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eebc56
  2. #d6a94d
  3. #be9645
  4. #a7843c
  5. #8f7134
  6. #775e2b
  7. #5f4b22
  8. #47381a
  9. #302611
  10. #181309
  11. #000000

Tints

#eebc56 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eebc56
  2. #f0c367
  3. #f1c978
  4. #f3d089
  5. #f5d79a
  6. #f7deab
  7. #f8e4bb
  8. #faebcc
  9. #fcf2dd
  10. #fdf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eebc56 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eebc56
  2. #e3b65a
  3. #d8b05e
  4. #cdaa63
  5. #c2a467
  6. #b79e6b
  7. #ac986f
  8. #a19273
  9. #968c78
  10. #8b867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6c0a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1bc4b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc95a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaca6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbc50 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c458 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fab38d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eebc56 {
  color: #eebc56;
}
Background
.bg-eebc56 {
  background-color: #eebc56;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eebc56 {
  border: 2px solid #eebc56;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eebc56;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 188 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 82% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eebc56 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eebc56, #d4ee56);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eebc56 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 188 86 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.52 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.45 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 6.11 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.18 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.42 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.56 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.60 #1143a9 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eebc56  rgb(238, 188, 86)  hsl(40, 82%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#5688ee  rgb(86, 136, 238)  hsl(220, 82%, 64%)  United Nations Blue
#56eebc  rgb(86, 238, 188)  hsl(160, 82%, 64%)  Aquamarine
#bc56ee  rgb(188, 86, 238)  hsl(280, 82%, 64%)  Medium Orchid