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#E2BC49

#e2bc49 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e2bc49 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 73.73% green and 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.81% magenta, 67.7% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 45.1°, 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 11.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.39.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5262

Complementary

  1. #e2bc49
  2. #496fe2

Split complementary

  1. #e2bc49
  2. #49bbe2
  3. #7049e2

Analogous

  1. #e27049
  2. #e2bc49
  3. #bbe249

Triadic

  1. #e2bc49
  2. #49e2bc
  3. #bc49e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2bc49
  2. #6fe249
  3. #496fe2
  4. #bc49e2

Square

  1. #e2bc49
  2. #49e270
  3. #496fe2
  4. #e249bb

Monochromatic

  1. #7e6414
  2. #c0981f
  3. #e2bc49
  4. #edd48b
  5. #f7edcd

Shades

#e2bc49 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2bc49
  2. #cba942
  3. #b5963a
  4. #9e8433
  5. #88712c
  6. #715e25
  7. #5a4b1d
  8. #443816
  9. #2d260f
  10. #171307
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2bc49 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2bc49
  2. #e5c35b
  3. #e8c96d
  4. #ebd080
  5. #eed792
  6. #f1dea4
  7. #f3e4b6
  8. #f6ebc8
  9. #f9f2db
  10. #fcf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2bc49 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2bc49
  2. #d8b64f
  3. #ceb054
  4. #c5aa5a
  5. #bba45f
  6. #b19e65
  7. #a7986a
  8. #9d9270
  9. #948c75
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cebe9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ba3a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c44e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4ada4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bb41 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc14c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #edb389 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2bc49 {
  color: #e2bc49;
}
Background
.bg-e2bc49 {
  background-color: #e2bc49;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2bc49 {
  border: 2px solid #e2bc49;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2bc49;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 188 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 73% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2bc49 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2bc49, #bbe249);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2bc49 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 188 73 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.53 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.25 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.29 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.00 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.11 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.58 #1d43b6 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e2bc49  rgb(226, 188, 73)  hsl(45, 73%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#496fe2  rgb(73, 111, 226)  hsl(225, 73%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#49e2bc  rgb(73, 226, 188)  hsl(165, 73%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc49e2  rgb(188, 73, 226)  hsl(285, 73%, 59%)  Medium Orchid