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#EFBB4E

#efbb4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#efbb4e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 73.33% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.76% magenta, 67.36% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 40.62°, with 83.42% saturation and 62.16% 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 11.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.02.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5444

Complementary

  1. #efbb4e
  2. #4e82ef

Split complementary

  1. #efbb4e
  2. #4ed3ef
  3. #6b4eef

Analogous

  1. #ef6b4e
  2. #efbb4e
  3. #d3ef4e

Triadic

  1. #efbb4e
  2. #4eefbb
  3. #bb4eef

Tetradic

  1. #efbb4e
  2. #82ef4e
  3. #4e82ef
  4. #bb4eef

Square

  1. #efbb4e
  2. #4eef6b
  3. #4e82ef
  4. #ef4ed3

Monochromatic

  1. #966a0e
  2. #dd9c14
  3. #efbb4e
  4. #f5d694
  5. #fcf1da

Shades

#efbb4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efbb4e
  2. #d7a846
  3. #bf963e
  4. #a78337
  5. #8f702f
  6. #785e27
  7. #604b1f
  8. #483817
  9. #302510
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#efbb4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efbb4e
  2. #f1c260
  3. #f2c971
  4. #f4cf83
  5. #f5d695
  6. #f7dda7
  7. #f9e4b8
  8. #faebca
  9. #fcf1dc
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efbb4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efbb4e
  2. #e4b553
  3. #d9af58
  4. #cea95d
  5. #c3a362
  6. #b89e67
  7. #ac986c
  8. #a19271
  9. #968c76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6c0a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1bb41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec852 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #debb47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c351 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbb28a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efbb4e {
  color: #efbb4e;
}
Background
.bg-efbb4e {
  background-color: #efbb4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efbb4e {
  border: 2px solid #efbb4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efbb4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 187 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 83% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efbb4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efbb4e, #d3ef4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efbb4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 187 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.02 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.89 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.59 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.87 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.94 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.00 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.12 #1044b1 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efbb4e  rgb(239, 187, 78)  hsl(41, 83%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#4e82ef  rgb(78, 130, 239)  hsl(221, 83%, 62%)  United Nations Blue
#4eefbb  rgb(78, 239, 187)  hsl(161, 83%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#bb4eef  rgb(187, 78, 239)  hsl(281, 83%, 62%)  Medium Orchid