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#EFBB2E

#efbb2e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#efbb2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 73.33% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.76% magenta, 80.75% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 43.83°, with 85.78% saturation and 55.88% 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 11.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.25.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5409

Complementary

  1. #efbb2e
  2. #2e62ef

Split complementary

  1. #efbb2e
  2. #2ec3ef
  3. #5a2eef

Analogous

  1. #ef5a2e
  2. #efbb2e
  3. #c3ef2e

Triadic

  1. #efbb2e
  2. #2eefbb
  3. #bb2eef

Tetradic

  1. #efbb2e
  2. #62ef2e
  3. #2e62ef
  4. #bb2eef

Square

  1. #efbb2e
  2. #2eef5a
  3. #2e62ef
  4. #ef2ec3

Monochromatic

  1. #7b5c09
  2. #c2910f
  3. #efbb2e
  4. #f4d275
  5. #fae9bc

Shades

#efbb2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efbb2e
  2. #d7a829
  3. #bf9625
  4. #a78320
  5. #8f701c
  6. #785e17
  7. #604b12
  8. #48380e
  9. #302509
  10. #181305
  11. #000000

Tints

#efbb2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efbb2e
  2. #f1c243
  3. #f2c958
  4. #f4cf6d
  5. #f5d682
  6. #f7dd97
  7. #f9e4ab
  8. #faebc0
  9. #fcf1d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efbb2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efbb2e
  2. #e4b536
  3. #d9af3e
  4. #cea947
  5. #c3a34f
  6. #b89e57
  7. #ac985f
  8. #a19267
  9. #968c70
  10. #8b8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6bf9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba05 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc837 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa9a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfbb1c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6c333 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fcb182 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efbb2e {
  color: #efbb2e;
}
Background
.bg-efbb2e {
  background-color: #efbb2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efbb2e {
  border: 2px solid #efbb2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efbb2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 187 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 86% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efbb2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efbb2e, #c3ef2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efbb2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 187 46 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.25 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.50 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.19 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.47 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.52 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.27 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.20 #1044d1 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efbb2e  rgb(239, 187, 46)  hsl(44, 86%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#2e62ef  rgb(46, 98, 239)  hsl(224, 86%, 56%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2eefbb  rgb(46, 239, 187)  hsl(164, 86%, 56%)  Aquamarine
#bb2eef  rgb(187, 46, 239)  hsl(284, 86%, 56%)  Electric Purple