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#E5BB49

#e5bb49 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e5bb49 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 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.34% magenta, 68.12% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 43.85°, with 75% saturation and 59.22% 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 11.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.59.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5268

Complementary

  1. #e5bb49
  2. #4973e5

Split complementary

  1. #e5bb49
  2. #49c1e5
  3. #6d49e5

Analogous

  1. #e56d49
  2. #e5bb49
  3. #c1e549

Triadic

  1. #e5bb49
  2. #49e5bb
  3. #bb49e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5bb49
  2. #73e549
  3. #4973e5
  4. #bb49e5

Square

  1. #e5bb49
  2. #49e56d
  3. #4973e5
  4. #e549c1

Monochromatic

  1. #826413
  2. #c5981c
  3. #e5bb49
  4. #efd48c
  5. #f8edcf

Shades

#e5bb49 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5bb49
  2. #cea842
  3. #b7963a
  4. #a08333
  5. #89702c
  6. #735e25
  7. #5c4b1d
  8. #453816
  9. #2e250f
  10. #171307
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5bb49 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5bb49
  2. #e8c25b
  3. #eac96d
  4. #edcf80
  5. #efd692
  6. #f2dda4
  7. #f5e4b6
  8. #f7ebc8
  9. #faf1db
  10. #fcf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5bb49 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5bb49
  2. #dbb54f
  3. #d1af54
  4. #c7a95a
  5. #bda35f
  6. #b39e65
  7. #a8986a
  8. #9e9270
  9. #948c75
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0be9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b93b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac54e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7aca3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9ba41 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec14c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0b288 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5bb49 {
  color: #e5bb49;
}
Background
.bg-e5bb49 {
  background-color: #e5bb49;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5bb49 {
  border: 2px solid #e5bb49;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5bb49;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 187 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 75% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5bb49 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5bb49, #c1e549);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5bb49 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 187 73 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.76 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.06 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.21 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.88 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.07 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.18 #1a44b6 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e5bb49  rgb(229, 187, 73)  hsl(44, 75%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#4973e5  rgb(73, 115, 229)  hsl(224, 75%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#49e5bb  rgb(73, 229, 187)  hsl(164, 75%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bb49e5  rgb(187, 73, 229)  hsl(284, 75%, 59%)  Medium Orchid