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#E5BB35

#e5bb35 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e5bb35 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 73.33% green and 20.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.34% magenta, 76.86% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 45.68°, with 77.19% saturation and 55.29% 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 11.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.85.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5246

Complementary

  1. #e5bb35
  2. #355fe5

Split complementary

  1. #e5bb35
  2. #35b7e5
  3. #6335e5

Analogous

  1. #e56335
  2. #e5bb35
  3. #b7e535

Triadic

  1. #e5bb35
  2. #35e5bb
  3. #bb35e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5bb35
  2. #5fe535
  3. #355fe5
  4. #bb35e5

Square

  1. #e5bb35
  2. #35e563
  3. #355fe5
  4. #e535b7

Monochromatic

  1. #725b0f
  2. #b69017
  3. #e5bb35
  4. #eed279
  5. #f6e9bd

Shades

#e5bb35 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5bb35
  2. #cea830
  3. #b7962a
  4. #a08325
  5. #897020
  6. #735e1b
  7. #5c4b15
  8. #453810
  9. #2e250b
  10. #171305
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5bb35 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5bb35
  2. #e8c249
  3. #eac95d
  4. #edcf72
  5. #efd686
  6. #f2dd9a
  7. #f5e4ae
  8. #f7ebc2
  9. #faf1d7
  10. #fcf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5bb35 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5bb35
  2. #dbb53d
  3. #d1af44
  4. #c7a94c
  5. #bda353
  6. #b39e5b
  7. #a89862
  8. #9e926a
  9. #948c71
  10. #8a8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0be9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b91a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc53d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8aba1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9ba27 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc13a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1b284 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5bb35 {
  color: #e5bb35;
}
Background
.bg-e5bb35 {
  background-color: #e5bb35;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5bb35 {
  border: 2px solid #e5bb35;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5bb35;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 187 53;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 77% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5bb35 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5bb35, #b7e535);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5bb35 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 187 53 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.85 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.00 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.76 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.76 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.89 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.00 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.11 #1a44ca Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e5bb35  rgb(229, 187, 53)  hsl(46, 77%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#355fe5  rgb(53, 95, 229)  hsl(226, 77%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#35e5bb  rgb(53, 229, 187)  hsl(166, 77%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bb35e5  rgb(187, 53, 229)  hsl(286, 77%, 55%)  Electric Purple