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#E3BE4E

#e3be4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e3be4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.02% red, 74.51% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.3% magenta, 65.64% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 45.1°, with 72.68% saturation and 59.8% 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 11.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.91.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5371

Complementary

  1. #e3be4e
  2. #4e73e3

Split complementary

  1. #e3be4e
  2. #4ebde3
  3. #734ee3

Analogous

  1. #e3734e
  2. #e3be4e
  3. #bde34e

Triadic

  1. #e3be4e
  2. #4ee3be
  3. #be4ee3

Tetradic

  1. #e3be4e
  2. #73e34e
  3. #4e73e3
  4. #be4ee3

Square

  1. #e3be4e
  2. #4ee373
  3. #4e73e3
  4. #e34ebd

Monochromatic

  1. #836815
  2. #c59c1f
  3. #e3be4e
  4. #edd690
  5. #f8efd2

Shades

#e3be4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e3be4e
  2. #ccab46
  3. #b6983e
  4. #9f8537
  5. #88722f
  6. #725f27
  7. #5b4c1f
  8. #443917
  9. #2d2610
  10. #171308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e3be4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e3be4e
  2. #e6c560
  3. #e9cb71
  4. #ebd283
  5. #eed895
  6. #f1dfa7
  7. #f4e5b8
  8. #f7ecca
  9. #f9f2dc
  10. #fcf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e3be4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e3be4e
  2. #d9b853
  3. #cfb258
  4. #c5ab5d
  5. #bba562
  6. #b29f67
  7. #a8996c
  8. #9e9371
  9. #948c76
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c0a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2bc41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc653 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5afa6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bd46 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec351 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eeb58b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e3be4e {
  color: #e3be4e;
}
Background
.bg-e3be4e {
  background-color: #e3be4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e3be4e {
  border: 2px solid #e3be4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e3be4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 227 190 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 73% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e3be4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e3be4e, #bde34e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e3be4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(227 190 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.91 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.05 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.41 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.44 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.04 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.09 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.78 #1c41b1 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e3be4e  rgb(227, 190, 78)  hsl(45, 73%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#4e73e3  rgb(78, 115, 227)  hsl(225, 73%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#4ee3be  rgb(78, 227, 190)  hsl(165, 73%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#be4ee3  rgb(190, 78, 227)  hsl(285, 73%, 60%)  Medium Orchid