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#E2BB31

#e2bb31 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e2bb31 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 73.33% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.26% magenta, 78.32% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 46.78°, with 75.32% saturation and 53.92% 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 11.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.66.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5193

Complementary

  1. #e2bb31
  2. #3158e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2bb31
  2. #31b0e2
  3. #6231e2

Analogous

  1. #e26231
  2. #e2bb31
  3. #b0e231

Triadic

  1. #e2bb31
  2. #31e2bb
  3. #bb31e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2bb31
  2. #58e231
  3. #3158e2
  4. #bb31e2

Square

  1. #e2bb31
  2. #31e262
  3. #3158e2
  4. #e231b0

Monochromatic

  1. #6b570f
  2. #ae8d18
  3. #e2bb31
  4. #ebd174
  5. #f5e7b7

Shades

#e2bb31 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2bb31
  2. #cba82c
  3. #b59627
  4. #9e8322
  5. #88701d
  6. #715e19
  7. #5a4b14
  8. #44380f
  9. #2d250a
  10. #171305
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2bb31 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2bb31
  2. #e5c246
  3. #e8c95a
  4. #ebcf6f
  5. #eed683
  6. #f1dd98
  7. #f3e4ad
  8. #f6ebc1
  9. #f9f1d6
  10. #fcf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2bb31 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2bb31
  2. #d8b539
  3. #ceaf41
  4. #c5a949
  5. #bba351
  6. #b19e59
  7. #a79860
  8. #9d9268
  9. #948c70
  10. #8a8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cebd9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b811 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac33a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5aba1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8b921 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc037 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eeb283 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2bb31 {
  color: #e2bb31;
}
Background
.bg-e2bb31 {
  background-color: #e2bb31;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2bb31 {
  border: 2px solid #e2bb31;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2bb31;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 187 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 75% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2bb31 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2bb31, #b0e231);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2bb31 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 187 49 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.66 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.46 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.64 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.21 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.62 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.51 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.54 #1d44ce Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e2bb31  rgb(226, 187, 49)  hsl(47, 75%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#3158e2  rgb(49, 88, 226)  hsl(227, 75%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#31e2bb  rgb(49, 226, 187)  hsl(167, 75%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bb31e2  rgb(187, 49, 226)  hsl(287, 75%, 54%)  Electric Purple