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#E4B341

#e4b341 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.49% magenta, 71.49% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 41.96°, with 75.12% saturation and 57.45% 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 10.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.82.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4912

Complementary

  1. #e4b341
  2. #4172e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4b341
  2. #41c4e4
  3. #6141e4

Analogous

  1. #e46141
  2. #e4b341
  3. #c4e441

Triadic

  1. #e4b341
  2. #41e4b3
  3. #b341e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4b341
  2. #72e441
  3. #4172e4
  4. #b341e4

Square

  1. #e4b341
  2. #41e461
  3. #4172e4
  4. #e441c4

Monochromatic

  1. #7b5b11
  2. #be8d1b
  3. #e4b341
  4. #eece84
  5. #f7e9c7

Shades

#e4b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4b341
  2. #cda13b
  3. #b68f34
  4. #a07d2e
  5. #896b27
  6. #725a21
  7. #5b481a
  8. #443614
  9. #2e240d
  10. #171207
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4b341
  2. #e7bb54
  3. #e9c267
  4. #ecca7a
  5. #efd18d
  6. #f2d9a0
  7. #f4e1b3
  8. #f7e8c6
  9. #faf0d9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4b341
  2. #daae47
  3. #d0a94e
  4. #c6a454
  5. #bc9f5a
  6. #b29a61
  7. #a89467
  8. #9e8f6d
  9. #948a73
  10. #8a857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccb798 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b331 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bf46 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7a39c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b338 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbbb44 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0aa81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4b341 {
  color: #e4b341;
}
Background
.bg-e4b341 {
  background-color: #e4b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4b341 {
  border: 2px solid #e4b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 75% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4b341, #c4e441);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.82 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.91 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.97 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.44 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.32 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.46 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.68 #1b4cbe Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e4b341  rgb(228, 179, 65)  hsl(42, 75%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#4172e4  rgb(65, 114, 228)  hsl(222, 75%, 57%)  Brandeis Blue
#41e4b3  rgb(65, 228, 179)  hsl(162, 75%, 57%)  Caribbean Green
#b341e4  rgb(179, 65, 228)  hsl(282, 75%, 57%)  Electric Purple