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#E5C262

#e5c262 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e5c262 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 76.08% green and 38.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.28% magenta, 57.21% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 43.97°, with 71.58% saturation and 64.12% 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 12.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5612

Complementary

  1. #e5c262
  2. #6285e5

Split complementary

  1. #e5c262
  2. #62c7e5
  3. #8162e5

Analogous

  1. #e58162
  2. #e5c262
  3. #c7e562

Triadic

  1. #e5c262
  2. #62e5c2
  3. #c262e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5c262
  2. #85e562
  3. #6285e5
  4. #c262e5

Square

  1. #e5c262
  2. #62e581
  3. #6285e5
  4. #e562c7

Monochromatic

  1. #957419
  2. #d7a724
  3. #e5c262
  4. #f0dca4
  5. #fbf5e5

Shades

#e5c262 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5c262
  2. #ceaf58
  3. #b79b4e
  4. #a08845
  5. #89743b
  6. #736131
  7. #5c4e27
  8. #453a1d
  9. #2e2714
  10. #17130a
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5c262 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5c262
  2. #e8c872
  3. #eace81
  4. #edd491
  5. #efdaa1
  6. #f2e1b1
  7. #f5e7c0
  8. #f7edd0
  9. #faf3e0
  10. #fcf9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5c262 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5c262
  2. #dbbb65
  3. #d1b568
  4. #c7ae6b
  5. #bda86e
  6. #b3a171
  7. #a89a74
  8. #9e9477
  9. #948d7a
  10. #8a877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3c4a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5c059 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddca66 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f6b4ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc15d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c764 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efba94 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5c262 {
  color: #e5c262;
}
Background
.bg-e5c262 {
  background-color: #e5c262;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5c262 {
  border: 2px solid #e5c262;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5c262;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 194 98;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 72% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5c262 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5c262, #c7e562);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5c262 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 194 98 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.77 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.88 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.96 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.62 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.74 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.75 #1a3d9d Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e5c262  rgb(229, 194, 98)  hsl(44, 72%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#6285e5  rgb(98, 133, 229)  hsl(224, 72%, 64%)  United Nations Blue
#62e5c2  rgb(98, 229, 194)  hsl(164, 72%, 64%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c262e5  rgb(194, 98, 229)  hsl(284, 72%, 64%)  Medium Orchid