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#E5C170

#e5c170 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e5c170 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 75.69% green and 43.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.72% magenta, 51.09% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 41.54°, with 69.23% saturation and 66.86% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 6.22.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5597

Complementary

  1. #e5c170
  2. #7094e5

Split complementary

  1. #e5c170
  2. #70cee5
  3. #8670e5

Analogous

  1. #e58670
  2. #e5c170
  3. #cee570

Triadic

  1. #e5c170
  2. #70e5c1
  3. #c170e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5c170
  2. #94e570
  3. #7094e5
  4. #c170e5

Square

  1. #e5c170
  2. #70e586
  3. #7094e5
  4. #e570ce

Monochromatic

  1. #9f771d
  2. #d9a52f
  3. #e5c170
  4. #f1ddb1
  5. #fcf8ee

Shades

#e5c170 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5c170
  2. #ceae65
  3. #b79a5a
  4. #a0874e
  5. #897443
  6. #736138
  7. #5c4d2d
  8. #453a22
  9. #2e2716
  10. #17130b
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5c170 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5c170
  2. #e8c77e
  3. #eacd8d
  4. #edd49b
  5. #efdaa9
  6. #f2e0b8
  7. #f5e6c6
  8. #f7ecd4
  9. #faf3e2
  10. #fcf9f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5c170 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5c170
  2. #dbbb72
  3. #d1b473
  4. #c7ae75
  5. #bda776
  6. #b3a178
  7. #a89a7a
  8. #9e947b
  9. #948d7d
  10. #8a877e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3c4aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2c069 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc973 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5b4ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac06c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc672 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efba99 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5c170 {
  color: #e5c170;
}
Background
.bg-e5c170 {
  background-color: #e5c170;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5c170 {
  border: 2px solid #e5c170;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5c170;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 193 112;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 69% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5c170 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5c170, #cee570);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5c170 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 193 112 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.22 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 6.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.21 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 7.38 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.45 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 7.53 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.66 #1a3e8f Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e5c170  rgb(229, 193, 112)  hsl(42, 69%, 67%)  Meat Brown
#7094e5  rgb(112, 148, 229)  hsl(222, 69%, 67%)  Cornflower Blue
#70e5c1  rgb(112, 229, 193)  hsl(162, 69%, 67%)  Aquamarine
#c170e5  rgb(193, 112, 229)  hsl(282, 69%, 67%)  Floral Lavender