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#E4BD40

#e4bd40 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4bd40 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 74.12% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.11% magenta, 71.93% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 45.73°, with 75.23% saturation and 57.25% 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 2.33.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5326

Complementary

  1. #e4bd40
  2. #4067e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4bd40
  2. #40b9e4
  3. #6b40e4

Analogous

  1. #e46b40
  2. #e4bd40
  3. #b9e440

Triadic

  1. #e4bd40
  2. #40e4bd
  3. #bd40e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4bd40
  2. #67e440
  3. #4067e4
  4. #bd40e4

Square

  1. #e4bd40
  2. #40e46b
  3. #4067e4
  4. #e440b9

Monochromatic

  1. #7a6111
  2. #bd961b
  3. #e4bd40
  4. #edd483
  5. #f7ebc6

Shades

#e4bd40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4bd40
  2. #cdaa3a
  3. #b69733
  4. #a0842d
  5. #897126
  6. #725f20
  7. #5b4c1a
  8. #443913
  9. #2e260d
  10. #171306
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4bd40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4bd40
  2. #e7c453
  3. #e9ca66
  4. #ecd179
  5. #efd78c
  6. #f2dea0
  7. #f4e5b3
  8. #f7ebc6
  9. #faf2d9
  10. #fcf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4bd40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4bd40
  2. #dab746
  3. #d0b14d
  4. #c6ab53
  5. #bca55a
  6. #b29f60
  7. #a89866
  8. #9e926d
  9. #948c73
  10. #8a867a
  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 #d0bf9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2bb2d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc647 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7ada4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bc36 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc244 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efb487 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4bd40 {
  color: #e4bd40;
}
Background
.bg-e4bd40 {
  background-color: #e4bd40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4bd40 {
  border: 2px solid #e4bd40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4bd40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 189 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 75% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4bd40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4bd40, #b9e440);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4bd40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 189 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.33 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.43 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.81 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.41 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.00 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.36 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.77 #1b42bf Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e4bd40  rgb(228, 189, 64)  hsl(46, 75%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#4067e4  rgb(64, 103, 228)  hsl(226, 75%, 57%)  Royal Blue
#40e4bd  rgb(64, 228, 189)  hsl(166, 75%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bd40e4  rgb(189, 64, 228)  hsl(286, 75%, 57%)  Medium Orchid