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#E1B440

#e1b440 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e1b440 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.24% red, 70.59% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 71.56% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 43.23°, with 72.85% saturation and 56.67% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.16.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4902

Complementary

  1. #e1b440
  2. #406de1

Split complementary

  1. #e1b440
  2. #40bee1
  3. #6440e1

Analogous

  1. #e16440
  2. #e1b440
  3. #bee140

Triadic

  1. #e1b440
  2. #40e1b4
  3. #b440e1

Tetradic

  1. #e1b440
  2. #6de140
  3. #406de1
  4. #b440e1

Square

  1. #e1b440
  2. #40e164
  3. #406de1
  4. #e140be

Monochromatic

  1. #765a12
  2. #b88c1d
  3. #e1b440
  4. #ebce82
  5. #f6e8c4

Shades

#e1b440 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e1b440
  2. #cba23a
  3. #b49033
  4. #9e7e2d
  5. #876c26
  6. #715a20
  7. #5a481a
  8. #443613
  9. #2d240d
  10. #171206
  11. #000000

Tints

#e1b440 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e1b440
  2. #e4bc53
  3. #e7c366
  4. #eacb79
  5. #edd28c
  6. #f0daa0
  7. #f3e1b3
  8. #f6e9c6
  9. #f9f0d9
  10. #fcf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e1b440 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e1b440
  2. #d7af46
  3. #ceaa4d
  4. #c4a453
  5. #ba9f5a
  6. #b19a60
  7. #a79566
  8. #9d906d
  9. #938a73
  10. #8a857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbb898 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b330 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bf45 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4a49c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b337 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9bb43 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ecab81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e1b440 {
  color: #e1b440;
}
Background
.bg-e1b440 {
  background-color: #e1b440;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e1b440 {
  border: 2px solid #e1b440;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e1b440;
  --color-primary-rgb: 225 180 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 73% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e1b440 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e1b440, #bee140);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e1b440 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(225 180 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.16 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.90 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.33 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.07 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.51 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.47 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.63 #1e4bbf Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e1b440  rgb(225, 180, 64)  hsl(43, 73%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#406de1  rgb(64, 109, 225)  hsl(223, 73%, 57%)  Royal Blue
#40e1b4  rgb(64, 225, 180)  hsl(163, 73%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b440e1  rgb(180, 64, 225)  hsl(283, 73%, 57%)  Electric Purple