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#E5B42E

#e5b42e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e5b42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 70.59% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.4% magenta, 79.91% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 43.93°, with 77.87% saturation and 53.92% 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 10.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.22.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.495

Complementary

  1. #e5b42e
  2. #2e5fe5

Split complementary

  1. #e5b42e
  2. #2ebbe5
  3. #582ee5

Analogous

  1. #e5582e
  2. #e5b42e
  3. #bbe52e

Triadic

  1. #e5b42e
  2. #2ee5b4
  3. #b42ee5

Tetradic

  1. #e5b42e
  2. #5fe52e
  3. #2e5fe5
  4. #b42ee5

Square

  1. #e5b42e
  2. #2ee558
  3. #2e5fe5
  4. #e52ebb

Monochromatic

  1. #6c530d
  2. #b18716
  3. #e5b42e
  4. #edcc72
  5. #f6e5b6

Shades

#e5b42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5b42e
  2. #cea229
  3. #b79025
  4. #a07e20
  5. #896c1c
  6. #735a17
  7. #5c4812
  8. #45360e
  9. #2e2409
  10. #171205
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5b42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5b42e
  2. #e8bc43
  3. #eac358
  4. #edcb6d
  5. #efd282
  6. #f2da97
  7. #f5e1ab
  8. #f7e9c0
  9. #faf0d5
  10. #fcf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5b42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5b42e
  2. #dbaf36
  3. #d1aa3e
  4. #c7a447
  5. #bd9f4f
  6. #b39a57
  7. #a8955f
  8. #9e9067
  9. #948a70
  10. #8a8578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdb897 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb30c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6c036 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9a39b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6b31e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcbb33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1aa7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5b42e {
  color: #e5b42e;
}
Background
.bg-e5b42e {
  background-color: #e5b42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5b42e {
  border: 2px solid #e5b42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5b42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 180 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 78% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5b42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5b42e, #bbe52e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5b42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 180 46 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.22 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.71 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.08 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.23 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.09 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.23 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.50 #1a4bd1 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e5b42e  rgb(229, 180, 46)  hsl(44, 78%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#2e5fe5  rgb(46, 95, 229)  hsl(224, 78%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#2ee5b4  rgb(46, 229, 180)  hsl(164, 78%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#b42ee5  rgb(180, 46, 229)  hsl(284, 78%, 54%)  Electric Purple