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#E6B00A

#e6b00a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e6b00a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.48% magenta, 95.65% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 45.27°, with 91.67% saturation and 47.06% 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 3.17.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.479

Complementary

  1. #e6b00a
  2. #0a40e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6b00a
  2. #0aaee6
  3. #420ae6

Analogous

  1. #e6420a
  2. #e6b00a
  3. #aee60a

Triadic

  1. #e6b00a
  2. #0ae6b0
  3. #b00ae6

Tetradic

  1. #e6b00a
  2. #40e60a
  3. #0a40e6
  4. #b00ae6

Square

  1. #e6b00a
  2. #0ae642
  3. #0a40e6
  4. #e60aae

Monochromatic

  1. #534004
  2. #9d7807
  3. #e6b00a
  4. #f7cb46
  5. #fae08f

Shades

#e6b00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6b00a
  2. #cf9e09
  3. #b88d08
  4. #a17b07
  5. #8a6a06
  6. #735805
  7. #5c4604
  8. #453503
  9. #2e2302
  10. #171201
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6b00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6b00a
  2. #e9b823
  3. #ebc03b
  4. #eec854
  5. #f0d06c
  6. #f3d885
  7. #f5df9d
  8. #f8e7b6
  9. #faefce
  10. #fdf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6b00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6b00a
  2. #dcab16
  3. #d2a622
  4. #c7a22d
  5. #bd9d39
  6. #b39845
  7. #a99351
  8. #9f8e5d
  9. #948a68
  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 #d5be1d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fa9e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcb817 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3a677 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6b00a {
  color: #e6b00a;
}
Background
.bg-e6b00a {
  background-color: #e6b00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6b00a {
  border: 2px solid #e6b00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6b00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 92% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6b00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6b00a, #aee60a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6b00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.17 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.60 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.89 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.96 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.07 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.45 #194ff5 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e6b00a  rgb(230, 176, 10)  hsl(45, 92%, 47%)  Meat Brown
#0a40e6  rgb(10, 64, 230)  hsl(225, 92%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#0ae6b0  rgb(10, 230, 176)  hsl(165, 92%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#b00ae6  rgb(176, 10, 230)  hsl(285, 92%, 47%)  Vivid Violet