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#E1B91C

#e1b91c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e1b91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.24% red, 72.55% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.78% magenta, 87.56% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 47.82°, with 77.87% saturation and 49.61% 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 11.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.29.

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Relative luminance0.5079

Complementary

  1. #e1b91c
  2. #1c44e1

Split complementary

  1. #e1b91c
  2. #1ca7e1
  3. #571ce1

Analogous

  1. #e1571c
  2. #e1b91c
  3. #a7e11c

Triadic

  1. #e1b91c
  2. #1ce1b9
  3. #b91ce1

Tetradic

  1. #e1b91c
  2. #44e11c
  3. #1c44e1
  4. #b91ce1

Square

  1. #e1b91c
  2. #1ce157
  3. #1c44e1
  4. #e11ca7

Monochromatic

  1. #59490b
  2. #9d8114
  3. #e1b91c
  4. #ebce5e
  5. #f3e3a3

Shades

#e1b91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e1b91c
  2. #cba719
  3. #b49416
  4. #9e8214
  5. #876f11
  6. #715d0e
  7. #5a4a0b
  8. #443808
  9. #2d2506
  10. #171303
  11. #000000

Tints

#e1b91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e1b91c
  2. #e4c033
  3. #e7c749
  4. #eace60
  5. #edd577
  6. #f0dc8e
  7. #f3e3a4
  8. #f6eabb
  9. #f9f1d2
  10. #fcf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e1b91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e1b91c
  2. #d7b326
  3. #ceae30
  4. #c4a83a
  5. #baa244
  6. #b19d4e
  7. #a79758
  8. #9d9162
  9. #938b6c
  10. #8a8676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbb97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c22a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4a99e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6b700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcbe25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #edaf7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e1b91c {
  color: #e1b91c;
}
Background
.bg-e1b91c {
  background-color: #e1b91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e1b91c {
  border: 2px solid #e1b91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e1b91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 225 185 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 78% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e1b91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e1b91c, #a7e11c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e1b91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(225 185 28 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.29 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.96 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.52 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.65 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.34 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.76 #1e46e3 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e1b91c  rgb(225, 185, 28)  hsl(48, 78%, 50%)  Meat Brown
#1c44e1  rgb(28, 68, 225)  hsl(228, 78%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#1ce1b9  rgb(28, 225, 185)  hsl(168, 78%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#b91ce1  rgb(185, 28, 225)  hsl(288, 78%, 50%)  Electric Purple