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#E2B149

#e2b149 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e2b149 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 69.41% green and 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.68% magenta, 67.7% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 40.78°, with 72.51% saturation and 58.63% 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 10.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.1.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4809

Complementary

  1. #e2b149
  2. #497ae2

Split complementary

  1. #e2b149
  2. #49c7e2
  3. #6449e2

Analogous

  1. #e26449
  2. #e2b149
  3. #c7e249

Triadic

  1. #e2b149
  2. #49e2b1
  3. #b149e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2b149
  2. #7ae249
  3. #497ae2
  4. #b149e2

Square

  1. #e2b149
  2. #49e264
  3. #497ae2
  4. #e249c7

Monochromatic

  1. #7e5c14
  2. #c08c1f
  3. #e2b149
  4. #edcd8b
  5. #f7eacd

Shades

#e2b149 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2b149
  2. #cb9f42
  3. #b58e3a
  4. #9e7c33
  5. #886a2c
  6. #715925
  7. #5a471d
  8. #443516
  9. #2d230f
  10. #171207
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2b149 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2b149
  2. #e5b95b
  3. #e8c16d
  4. #ebc880
  5. #eed092
  6. #f1d8a4
  7. #f3e0b6
  8. #f6e8c8
  9. #f9efdb
  10. #fcf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2b149 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2b149
  2. #d8ac4f
  3. #cea754
  4. #c5a25a
  5. #bb9d5f
  6. #b19965
  7. #a7946a
  8. #9d8f70
  9. #948a75
  10. #8a857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cab598 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b13d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bd4d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5a29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b142 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8b94c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eda882 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2b149 {
  color: #e2b149;
}
Background
.bg-e2b149 {
  background-color: #e2b149;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2b149 {
  border: 2px solid #e2b149;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2b149;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 177 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 73% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2b149 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2b149, #c7e249);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2b149 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 177 73 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.10 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.11 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.44 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.74 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.30 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.67 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.07 #1d4eb6 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e2b149  rgb(226, 177, 73)  hsl(41, 73%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#497ae2  rgb(73, 122, 226)  hsl(221, 73%, 59%)  Brandeis Blue
#49e2b1  rgb(73, 226, 177)  hsl(161, 73%, 59%)  Caribbean Green
#b149e2  rgb(177, 73, 226)  hsl(281, 73%, 59%)  Medium Orchid