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#E4B232

#e4b232 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4b232 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 69.8% green and 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.93% magenta, 78.07% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 43.15°, with 76.72% saturation and 54.51% 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 10.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.55.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4857

Complementary

  1. #e4b232
  2. #3264e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4b232
  2. #32bde4
  3. #5932e4

Analogous

  1. #e45932
  2. #e4b232
  3. #bde432

Triadic

  1. #e4b232
  2. #32e4b2
  3. #b232e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4b232
  2. #64e432
  3. #3264e4
  4. #b232e4

Square

  1. #e4b232
  2. #32e459
  3. #3264e4
  4. #e432bd

Monochromatic

  1. #6e540f
  2. #b28717
  3. #e4b232
  4. #edcb76
  5. #f6e5b9

Shades

#e4b232 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4b232
  2. #cda02d
  3. #b68e28
  4. #a07d23
  5. #896b1e
  6. #725919
  7. #5b4714
  8. #44350f
  9. #2e240a
  10. #171205
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4b232 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4b232
  2. #e7ba47
  3. #e9c15b
  4. #ecc970
  5. #efd184
  6. #f2d999
  7. #f4e0ad
  8. #f7e8c2
  9. #faf0d6
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4b232 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4b232
  2. #daad3a
  3. #d0a842
  4. #c6a349
  5. #bc9e51
  6. #b29959
  7. #a89461
  8. #9e8f69
  9. #948a70
  10. #8a8578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccb696 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b118 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bf39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7a19a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b225 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbba36 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0a87d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4b232 {
  color: #e4b232;
}
Background
.bg-e4b232 {
  background-color: #e4b232;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4b232 {
  border: 2px solid #e4b232;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4b232;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 178 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 77% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4b232 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4b232, #bde432);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4b232 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 178 50 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.55 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.48 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.72 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.93 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.63 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.68 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.06 #1b4dcd Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e4b232  rgb(228, 178, 50)  hsl(43, 77%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#3264e4  rgb(50, 100, 228)  hsl(223, 77%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#32e4b2  rgb(50, 228, 178)  hsl(163, 77%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#b232e4  rgb(178, 50, 228)  hsl(283, 77%, 55%)  Electric Purple