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#EEBE4E

#eebe4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eebe4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 74.51% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.17% magenta, 67.23% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42°, 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 12.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.46.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5555

Complementary

  1. #eebe4e
  2. #4e7eee

Split complementary

  1. #eebe4e
  2. #4eceee
  3. #6e4eee

Analogous

  1. #ee6e4e
  2. #eebe4e
  3. #ceee4e

Triadic

  1. #eebe4e
  2. #4eeebe
  3. #be4eee

Tetradic

  1. #eebe4e
  2. #7eee4e
  3. #4e7eee
  4. #be4eee

Square

  1. #eebe4e
  2. #4eee6e
  3. #4e7eee
  4. #ee4ece

Monochromatic

  1. #956c0e
  2. #db9f15
  3. #eebe4e
  4. #f5d894
  5. #fbf1da

Shades

#eebe4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eebe4e
  2. #d6ab46
  3. #be983e
  4. #a78537
  5. #8f722f
  6. #775f27
  7. #5f4c1f
  8. #473917
  9. #302610
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#eebe4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eebe4e
  2. #f0c560
  3. #f1cb71
  4. #f3d283
  5. #f5d895
  6. #f7dfa7
  7. #f8e5b8
  8. #faecca
  9. #fcf2dc
  10. #fdf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eebe4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eebe4e
  2. #e3b853
  3. #d8b258
  4. #cdab5d
  5. #c2a562
  6. #b79f67
  7. #ac996c
  8. #a19371
  9. #968c76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6c2a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bd40 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfca53 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaea6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfbe46 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c551 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fab58c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eebe4e {
  color: #eebe4e;
}
Background
.bg-eebe4e {
  background-color: #eebe4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eebe4e {
  border: 2px solid #eebe4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eebe4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 190 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 82% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eebe4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eebe4e, #ceee4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eebe4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 190 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.46 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.86 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.21 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.41 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.50 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.52 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.53 #1141b1 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eebe4e  rgb(238, 190, 78)  hsl(42, 82%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#4e7eee  rgb(78, 126, 238)  hsl(222, 82%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#4eeebe  rgb(78, 238, 190)  hsl(162, 82%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#be4eee  rgb(190, 78, 238)  hsl(282, 82%, 62%)  Medium Orchid