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#E6B003

#e6b003 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e6b003 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 69.02% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.48% magenta, 98.7% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 45.73°, with 97.42% saturation and 45.69% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.28.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4788

Complementary

  1. #e6b003
  2. #0339e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6b003
  2. #03aae6
  3. #3f03e6

Analogous

  1. #e63f03
  2. #e6b003
  3. #aae603

Triadic

  1. #e6b003
  2. #03e6b0
  3. #b003e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6b003
  2. #39e603
  3. #0339e6
  4. #b003e6

Square

  1. #e6b003
  2. #03e63f
  3. #0339e6
  4. #e603aa

Monochromatic

  1. #4f3c01
  2. #9a7602
  3. #e6b003
  4. #fcce39
  5. #fde185

Shades

#e6b003 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6b003
  2. #cf9e03
  3. #b88d02
  4. #a17b02
  5. #8a6a02
  6. #735802
  7. #5c4601
  8. #453501
  9. #2e2301
  10. #171200
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6b003 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6b003
  2. #e9b81c
  3. #ebc035
  4. #eec84f
  5. #f0d068
  6. #f3d881
  7. #f5df9a
  8. #f8e7b3
  9. #faefcd
  10. #fdf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6b003 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6b003
  2. #dcab10
  3. #d2a61c
  4. #c7a229
  5. #bd9d35
  6. #b39842
  7. #a9934e
  8. #9f8e5b
  9. #948a67
  10. #8a8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccb592 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5be1a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fa9e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcb813 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3a677 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6b003 {
  color: #e6b003;
}
Background
.bg-e6b003 {
  background-color: #e6b003;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6b003 {
  border: 2px solid #e6b003;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6b003;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 176 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 97% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6b003 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6b003, #aae603);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6b003 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 176 3 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.28 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.70 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.82 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.91 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.96 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.07 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.41 #194ffc Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e6b003  rgb(230, 176, 3)  hsl(46, 97%, 46%)  Meat Brown
#0339e6  rgb(3, 57, 230)  hsl(226, 97%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#03e6b0  rgb(3, 230, 176)  hsl(166, 97%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#b003e6  rgb(176, 3, 230)  hsl(286, 97%, 46%)  Vivid Violet