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#E4C366

#e4c366 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e4c366 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 76.47% green and 40% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.47% magenta, 55.26% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 44.29°, with 70% saturation and 64.71% 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 12.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 5.33.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5648

Complementary

  1. #e4c366
  2. #6687e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4c366
  2. #66c6e4
  3. #8466e4

Analogous

  1. #e48466
  2. #e4c366
  3. #c6e466

Triadic

  1. #e4c366
  2. #66e4c3
  3. #c366e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4c366
  2. #87e466
  3. #6687e4
  4. #c366e4

Square

  1. #e4c366
  2. #66e484
  3. #6687e4
  4. #e466c6

Monochromatic

  1. #96761b
  2. #d7a926
  3. #e4c366
  4. #efdda7
  5. #fbf6e8

Shades

#e4c366 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4c366
  2. #cdb05c
  3. #b69c52
  4. #a08947
  5. #89753d
  6. #726233
  7. #5b4e29
  8. #443b1f
  9. #2e2714
  10. #17140a
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4c366 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4c366
  2. #e7c975
  3. #e9cf85
  4. #ecd594
  5. #efdba3
  6. #f2e1b3
  7. #f4e7c2
  8. #f7edd1
  9. #faf3e0
  10. #fcf9f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4c366 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4c366
  2. #dabc69
  3. #d0b66b
  4. #c6af6e
  5. #bca870
  6. #b2a273
  7. #a89b76
  8. #9e9478
  9. #948d7b
  10. #8a877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3c5a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5c15d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddca6a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4b6ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc261 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c768 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eebb96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4c366 {
  color: #e4c366;
}
Background
.bg-e4c366 {
  background-color: #e4c366;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4c366 {
  border: 2px solid #e4c366;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4c366;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 195 102;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 70% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4c366 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4c366, #c6e466);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4c366 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 195 102 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.33 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.03 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.18 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.41 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.50 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.52 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.57 #1b3c99 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e4c366  rgb(228, 195, 102)  hsl(44, 70%, 65%)  Meat Brown
#6687e4  rgb(102, 135, 228)  hsl(224, 70%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#66e4c3  rgb(102, 228, 195)  hsl(164, 70%, 65%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c366e4  rgb(195, 102, 228)  hsl(284, 70%, 65%)  Medium Orchid