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#E2B01C

#e2b01c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e2b01c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 69.02% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.12% magenta, 87.61% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 44.85°, with 77.95% saturation and 49.8% 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 10.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.47.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.473

Complementary

  1. #e2b01c
  2. #1c4ee2

Split complementary

  1. #e2b01c
  2. #1cb1e2
  3. #4d1ce2

Analogous

  1. #e24d1c
  2. #e2b01c
  3. #b1e21c

Triadic

  1. #e2b01c
  2. #1ce2b0
  3. #b01ce2

Tetradic

  1. #e2b01c
  2. #4ee21c
  3. #1c4ee2
  4. #b01ce2

Square

  1. #e2b01c
  2. #1ce24d
  3. #1c4ee2
  4. #e21cb1

Monochromatic

  1. #5a460b
  2. #9e7b14
  3. #e2b01c
  4. #ebc85f
  5. #f4dfa3

Shades

#e2b01c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2b01c
  2. #cb9e19
  3. #b58d16
  4. #9e7b14
  5. #886a11
  6. #71580e
  7. #5a460b
  8. #443508
  9. #2d2306
  10. #171203
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2b01c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2b01c
  2. #e5b833
  3. #e8c049
  4. #ebc860
  5. #eed077
  6. #f1d88e
  7. #f3dfa4
  8. #f6e7bb
  9. #f9efd2
  10. #fcf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2b01c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2b01c
  2. #d8ab26
  3. #cea630
  4. #c5a23a
  5. #bb9d44
  6. #b1984e
  7. #a79358
  8. #9d8e62
  9. #948a6c
  10. #8a8576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cab492 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3bc28 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f69f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9b823 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eea678 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2b01c {
  color: #e2b01c;
}
Background
.bg-e2b01c {
  background-color: #e2b01c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2b01c {
  border: 2px solid #e2b01c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2b01c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 176 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 78% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2b01c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2b01c, #b1e21c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2b01c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 176 28 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.47 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.33 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.79 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.06 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.50 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.58 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.99 #1d4fe3 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e2b01c  rgb(226, 176, 28)  hsl(45, 78%, 50%)  Meat Brown
#1c4ee2  rgb(28, 78, 226)  hsl(225, 78%, 50%)  Iris
#1ce2b0  rgb(28, 226, 176)  hsl(165, 78%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#b01ce2  rgb(176, 28, 226)  hsl(285, 78%, 50%)  Electric Purple