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#E6B70A

#e6b70a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e6b70a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 71.76% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.43% magenta, 95.65% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 47.18°, 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 11.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.98.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5071

Complementary

  1. #e6b70a
  2. #0a39e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6b70a
  2. #0aa7e6
  3. #490ae6

Analogous

  1. #e6490a
  2. #e6b70a
  3. #a7e60a

Triadic

  1. #e6b70a
  2. #0ae6b7
  3. #b70ae6

Tetradic

  1. #e6b70a
  2. #39e60a
  3. #0a39e6
  4. #b70ae6

Square

  1. #e6b70a
  2. #0ae649
  3. #0a39e6
  4. #e60aa7

Monochromatic

  1. #534204
  2. #9d7d07
  3. #e6b70a
  4. #f7d146
  5. #fae38f

Shades

#e6b70a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6b70a
  2. #cfa509
  3. #b89208
  4. #a18007
  5. #8a6e06
  6. #735c05
  7. #5c4904
  8. #453703
  9. #2e2502
  10. #171201
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6b70a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6b70a
  2. #e9be23
  3. #ebc53b
  4. #eecd54
  5. #f0d46c
  6. #f3db85
  7. #f5e29d
  8. #f8e9b6
  9. #faf1ce
  10. #fdf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6b70a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6b70a
  2. #dcb216
  3. #d2ac22
  4. #c7a72d
  5. #bda139
  6. #b39c45
  7. #a99651
  8. #9f915d
  9. #948b68
  10. #8a8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfba96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac21f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #faa69c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8b600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfbe19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2ad7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6b70a {
  color: #e6b70a;
}
Background
.bg-e6b70a {
  background-color: #e6b70a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6b70a {
  border: 2px solid #e6b70a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6b70a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 183 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 92% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6b70a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6b70a, #a7e60a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6b70a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 183 10 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.98 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.42 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.14 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.61 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.67 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.86 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.89 #1948f5 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e6b70a  rgb(230, 183, 10)  hsl(47, 92%, 47%)  Meat Brown
#0a39e6  rgb(10, 57, 230)  hsl(227, 92%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#0ae6b7  rgb(10, 230, 183)  hsl(167, 92%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#b70ae6  rgb(183, 10, 230)  hsl(287, 92%, 47%)  Electric Purple