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#e4bc4d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4bc4d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 73.73% green and 30.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.54% magenta, 66.23% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 44.11°, with 73.66% 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 11.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.17.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.53

Complementary

  1. #e4bc4d
  2. #4d75e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4bc4d
  2. #4dc0e4
  3. #704de4

Analogous

  1. #e4704d
  2. #e4bc4d
  3. #c0e44d

Triadic

  1. #e4bc4d
  2. #4de4bc
  3. #bc4de4

Tetradic

  1. #e4bc4d
  2. #75e44d
  3. #4d75e4
  4. #bc4de4

Square

  1. #e4bc4d
  2. #4de470
  3. #4d75e4
  4. #e44dc0

Monochromatic

  1. #846614
  2. #c69a1e
  3. #e4bc4d
  4. #eed58f
  5. #f8eed2

Shades

#e4bc4d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4bc4d
  2. #cda945
  3. #b6963e
  4. #a08436
  5. #89712e
  6. #725e27
  7. #5b4b1f
  8. #443817
  9. #2e260f
  10. #171308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4bc4d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4bc4d
  2. #e7c35f
  3. #e9c971
  4. #ecd082
  5. #efd794
  6. #f2dea6
  7. #f4e4b8
  8. #f7ebca
  9. #faf2db
  10. #fcf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4bc4d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4bc4d
  2. #dab652
  3. #d0b057
  4. #c6aa5c
  5. #bca461
  6. #b29e67
  7. #a8986c
  8. #9e9271
  9. #948c76
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0bf9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ba40 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac552 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f6ada5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8bb45 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec250 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efb38a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4bc4d {
  color: #e4bc4d;
}
Background
.bg-e4bc4d {
  background-color: #e4bc4d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4bc4d {
  border: 2px solid #e4bc4d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4bc4d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 188 77;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 74% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4bc4d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4bc4d, #c0e44d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4bc4d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 188 77 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.84 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.35 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.94 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.09 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.37 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.51 #1b43b2 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e4bc4d  rgb(228, 188, 77)  hsl(44, 74%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#4d75e4  rgb(77, 117, 228)  hsl(224, 74%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#4de4bc  rgb(77, 228, 188)  hsl(164, 74%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc4de4  rgb(188, 77, 228)  hsl(284, 74%, 60%)  Medium Orchid