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#E2B02A

#e2b02a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e2b02a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 69.02% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.12% magenta, 81.42% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 43.7°, with 76.03% saturation and 52.55% 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 10.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.04.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4739

Complementary

  1. #e2b02a
  2. #2a5ce2

Split complementary

  1. #e2b02a
  2. #2ab8e2
  3. #542ae2

Analogous

  1. #e2542a
  2. #e2b02a
  3. #b8e22a

Triadic

  1. #e2b02a
  2. #2ae2b0
  3. #b02ae2

Tetradic

  1. #e2b02a
  2. #5ce22a
  3. #2a5ce2
  4. #b02ae2

Square

  1. #e2b02a
  2. #2ae254
  3. #2a5ce2
  4. #e22ab8

Monochromatic

  1. #654d0e
  2. #a98117
  3. #e2b02a
  4. #ebc96d
  5. #f4e2b1

Shades

#e2b02a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2b02a
  2. #cb9e26
  3. #b58d22
  4. #9e7b1d
  5. #886a19
  6. #715815
  7. #5a4611
  8. #44350d
  9. #2d2308
  10. #171204
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2b02a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2b02a
  2. #e5b83f
  3. #e8c055
  4. #ebc86a
  5. #eed07f
  6. #f1d895
  7. #f3dfaa
  8. #f6e7bf
  9. #f9efd4
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2b02a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2b02a
  2. #d8ab33
  3. #cea63b
  4. #c5a244
  5. #bb9d4c
  6. #b19855
  7. #a7935e
  8. #9d8e66
  9. #948a6f
  10. #8a8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cab493 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7af02 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bd32 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f69f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b019 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9b82f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eea67a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2b02a {
  color: #e2b02a;
}
Background
.bg-e2b02a {
  background-color: #e2b02a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2b02a {
  border: 2px solid #e2b02a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2b02a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 176 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 76% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2b02a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2b02a, #b8e22a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2b02a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 176 42 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.04 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.02 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.58 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.25 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.83 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.86 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.29 #1d4fd5 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e2b02a  rgb(226, 176, 42)  hsl(44, 76%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#2a5ce2  rgb(42, 92, 226)  hsl(224, 76%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#2ae2b0  rgb(42, 226, 176)  hsl(164, 76%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#b02ae2  rgb(176, 42, 226)  hsl(284, 76%, 53%)  Electric Purple