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#E6B232

#e6b232 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6b232 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 69.8% green and 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.61% magenta, 78.26% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 42.67°, with 78.26% saturation and 54.9% 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 10.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.89.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4889

Complementary

  1. #e6b232
  2. #3266e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6b232
  2. #32c0e6
  3. #5832e6

Analogous

  1. #e65832
  2. #e6b232
  3. #c0e632

Triadic

  1. #e6b232
  2. #32e6b2
  3. #b232e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6b232
  2. #66e632
  3. #3266e6
  4. #b232e6

Square

  1. #e6b232
  2. #32e658
  3. #3266e6
  4. #e632c0

Monochromatic

  1. #71540e
  2. #b58716
  3. #e6b232
  4. #eecc76
  5. #f7e5ba

Shades

#e6b232 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6b232
  2. #cfa02d
  3. #b88e28
  4. #a17d23
  5. #8a6b1e
  6. #735919
  7. #5c4714
  8. #45350f
  9. #2e240a
  10. #171205
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6b232 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6b232
  2. #e9ba47
  3. #ebc15b
  4. #eec970
  5. #f0d184
  6. #f3d999
  7. #f5e0ad
  8. #f8e8c2
  9. #faf0d6
  10. #fdf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6b232 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6b232
  2. #dcad3a
  3. #d2a842
  4. #c7a349
  5. #bd9e51
  6. #b39959
  7. #a99461
  8. #9f8f69
  9. #948a70
  10. #8a8578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdb796 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b218 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5bf39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #faa19a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b225 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcba36 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2a87d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6b232 {
  color: #e6b232;
}
Background
.bg-e6b232 {
  background-color: #e6b232;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6b232 {
  border: 2px solid #e6b232;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6b232;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 178 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 78% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6b232 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6b232, #c0e632);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6b232 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 178 50 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.89 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.48 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.24 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.01 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.36 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.57 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.92 #194dcd Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e6b232  rgb(230, 178, 50)  hsl(43, 78%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#3266e6  rgb(50, 102, 230)  hsl(223, 78%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#32e6b2  rgb(50, 230, 178)  hsl(163, 78%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#b232e6  rgb(178, 50, 230)  hsl(283, 78%, 55%)  Electric Purple