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#E4BC5E

#e4bc5e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4bc5e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 73.73% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.54% magenta, 58.77% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 42.09°, with 71.28% saturation and 63.14% 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 11.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.85.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5327

Complementary

  1. #e4bc5e
  2. #5e86e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4bc5e
  2. #5ec9e4
  3. #795ee4

Analogous

  1. #e4795e
  2. #e4bc5e
  3. #c9e45e

Triadic

  1. #e4bc5e
  2. #5ee4bc
  3. #bc5ee4

Tetradic

  1. #e4bc5e
  2. #86e45e
  3. #5e86e4
  4. #bc5ee4

Square

  1. #e4bc5e
  2. #5ee479
  3. #5e86e4
  4. #e45ec9

Monochromatic

  1. #916d18
  2. #d29e23
  3. #e4bc5e
  4. #efd7a0
  5. #faf3e1

Shades

#e4bc5e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4bc5e
  2. #cda955
  3. #b6964b
  4. #a08442
  5. #897138
  6. #725e2f
  7. #5b4b26
  8. #44381c
  9. #2e2613
  10. #171309
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4bc5e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4bc5e
  2. #e7c36e
  3. #e9c97e
  4. #ecd08e
  5. #efd79e
  6. #f2deaf
  7. #f4e4bf
  8. #f7ebcf
  9. #faf2df
  10. #fcf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4bc5e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4bc5e
  2. #dab661
  3. #d0b065
  4. #c6aa68
  5. #bca46c
  6. #b29e6f
  7. #a89872
  8. #9e9276
  9. #948c79
  10. #8a867d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0bfa3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfbb55 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c562 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5aea7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8bb59 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc260 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efb48f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4bc5e {
  color: #e4bc5e;
}
Background
.bg-e4bc5e {
  background-color: #e4bc5e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4bc5e {
  border: 2px solid #e4bc5e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4bc5e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 188 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 71% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4bc5e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4bc5e, #c9e45e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4bc5e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 188 94 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.13 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.18 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.34 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 7.20 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.21 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.31 #1b43a1 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e4bc5e  rgb(228, 188, 94)  hsl(42, 71%, 63%)  Meat Brown
#5e86e4  rgb(94, 134, 228)  hsl(222, 71%, 63%)  United Nations Blue
#5ee4bc  rgb(94, 228, 188)  hsl(162, 71%, 63%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc5ee4  rgb(188, 94, 228)  hsl(282, 71%, 63%)  Medium Orchid