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#E5B00A

#e5b00a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e5b00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.14% magenta, 95.63% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 45.48°, with 91.63% saturation and 46.86% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.09.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4773

Complementary

  1. #e5b00a
  2. #0a3fe5

Split complementary

  1. #e5b00a
  2. #0aace5
  3. #420ae5

Analogous

  1. #e5420a
  2. #e5b00a
  3. #ace50a

Triadic

  1. #e5b00a
  2. #0ae5b0
  3. #b00ae5

Tetradic

  1. #e5b00a
  2. #3fe50a
  3. #0a3fe5
  4. #b00ae5

Square

  1. #e5b00a
  2. #0ae542
  3. #0a3fe5
  4. #e50aac

Monochromatic

  1. #523f04
  2. #9c7807
  3. #e5b00a
  4. #f7cc45
  5. #fae08e

Shades

#e5b00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5b00a
  2. #ce9e09
  3. #b78d08
  4. #a07b07
  5. #896a06
  6. #735805
  7. #5c4604
  8. #453503
  9. #2e2302
  10. #171201
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5b00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5b00a
  2. #e8b823
  3. #eac03b
  4. #edc854
  5. #efd06c
  6. #f2d885
  7. #f5df9d
  8. #f7e7b6
  9. #faefce
  10. #fcf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5b00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5b00a
  2. #dbab16
  3. #d1a622
  4. #c7a22d
  5. #bd9d39
  6. #b39845
  7. #a89351
  8. #9e8e5d
  9. #948a68
  10. #8a8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbb592 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bd1d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f99e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbb817 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1a677 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5b00a {
  color: #e5b00a;
}
Background
.bg-e5b00a {
  background-color: #e5b00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5b00a {
  border: 2px solid #e5b00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5b00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 92% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5b00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5b00a, #ace50a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5b00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.09 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.60 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.68 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.99 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.03 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.04 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.53 #1a4ff5 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e5b00a  rgb(229, 176, 10)  hsl(45, 92%, 47%)  Meat Brown
#0a3fe5  rgb(10, 63, 229)  hsl(225, 92%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#0ae5b0  rgb(10, 229, 176)  hsl(165, 92%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#b00ae5  rgb(176, 10, 229)  hsl(285, 92%, 47%)  Vivid Violet