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#E2AF2C

#e2af2c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e2af2c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 68.63% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.57% magenta, 80.53% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 43.19°, with 75.83% saturation and 52.94% 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 10.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.31.

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Relative luminance0.4701

Complementary

  1. #e2af2c
  2. #2c5fe2

Split complementary

  1. #e2af2c
  2. #2cbae2
  3. #542ce2

Analogous

  1. #e2542c
  2. #e2af2c
  3. #bae22c

Triadic

  1. #e2af2c
  2. #2ce2af
  3. #af2ce2

Tetradic

  1. #e2af2c
  2. #5fe22c
  3. #2c5fe2
  4. #af2ce2

Square

  1. #e2af2c
  2. #2ce254
  3. #2c5fe2
  4. #e22cba

Monochromatic

  1. #674e0e
  2. #aa8117
  3. #e2af2c
  4. #ebc96f
  5. #f4e2b3

Shades

#e2af2c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2af2c
  2. #cb9e28
  3. #b58c23
  4. #9e7b1f
  5. #88691a
  6. #715816
  7. #5a4612
  8. #44350d
  9. #2d2309
  10. #171204
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2af2c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2af2c
  2. #e5b741
  3. #e8bf56
  4. #ebc76b
  5. #eecf80
  6. #f1d796
  7. #f3dfab
  8. #f6e7c0
  9. #f9efd5
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2af2c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2af2c
  2. #d8aa34
  3. #cea63d
  4. #c5a145
  5. #bb9c4e
  6. #b19856
  7. #a7935e
  8. #9d8e67
  9. #94896f
  10. #8a8578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b393 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6af0a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bc34 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f69e97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2af1c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8b731 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eea57a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2af2c {
  color: #e2af2c;
}
Background
.bg-e2af2c {
  background-color: #e2af2c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2af2c {
  border: 2px solid #e2af2c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2af2c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 175 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 76% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2af2c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2af2c, #bae22c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2af2c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 175 44 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.31 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.78 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.60 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.98 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.13 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.26 #1d50d3 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e2af2c  rgb(226, 175, 44)  hsl(43, 76%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#2c5fe2  rgb(44, 95, 226)  hsl(223, 76%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#2ce2af  rgb(44, 226, 175)  hsl(163, 76%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#af2ce2  rgb(175, 44, 226)  hsl(283, 76%, 53%)  Electric Purple