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#E4B042

#e4b042 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4b042 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 69.02% green and 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.81% magenta, 71.05% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 40.74°, with 75% saturation and 57.65% 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 10.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.08.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4794

Complementary

  1. #e4b042
  2. #4276e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4b042
  2. #42c7e4
  3. #5f42e4

Analogous

  1. #e45f42
  2. #e4b042
  3. #c7e442

Triadic

  1. #e4b042
  2. #42e4b0
  3. #b042e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4b042
  2. #76e442
  3. #4276e4
  4. #b042e4

Square

  1. #e4b042
  2. #42e45f
  3. #4276e4
  4. #e442c7

Monochromatic

  1. #7b5912
  2. #be8a1b
  3. #e4b042
  4. #eecc85
  5. #f7e8c8

Shades

#e4b042 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4b042
  2. #cd9e3b
  3. #b68d35
  4. #a07b2e
  5. #896a28
  6. #725821
  7. #5b461a
  8. #443514
  9. #2e230d
  10. #171207
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4b042 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4b042
  2. #e7b855
  3. #e9c068
  4. #ecc87b
  5. #efd08e
  6. #f2d8a1
  7. #f4dfb3
  8. #f7e7c6
  9. #faefd9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4b042 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4b042
  2. #daab48
  3. #d0a64e
  4. #c6a255
  5. #bc9d5b
  6. #b29861
  7. #a89367
  8. #9e8e6d
  9. #948a74
  10. #8a857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbb597 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b033 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bd47 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7a099 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b03a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dab845 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0a77f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4b042 {
  color: #e4b042;
}
Background
.bg-e4b042 {
  background-color: #e4b042;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4b042 {
  border: 2px solid #e4b042;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4b042;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 176 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 75% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4b042 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4b042, #c7e442);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4b042 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 176 66 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.08 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.73 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.58 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.80 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.52 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.62 #1b4fbd Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e4b042  rgb(228, 176, 66)  hsl(41, 75%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#4276e4  rgb(66, 118, 228)  hsl(221, 75%, 58%)  Brandeis Blue
#42e4b0  rgb(66, 228, 176)  hsl(161, 75%, 58%)  Caribbean Green
#b042e4  rgb(176, 66, 228)  hsl(281, 75%, 58%)  Electric Purple