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#E6BB34

#e6bb34 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6bb34 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 73.33% green and 20.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.7% magenta, 77.39% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 45.51°, with 78.07% saturation and 55.29% 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 11.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.75.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5261

Complementary

  1. #e6bb34
  2. #345fe6

Split complementary

  1. #e6bb34
  2. #34b8e6
  3. #6234e6

Analogous

  1. #e66234
  2. #e6bb34
  3. #b8e634

Triadic

  1. #e6bb34
  2. #34e6bb
  3. #bb34e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6bb34
  2. #5fe634
  3. #345fe6
  4. #bb34e6

Square

  1. #e6bb34
  2. #34e662
  3. #345fe6
  4. #e634b8

Monochromatic

  1. #735b0e
  2. #b79017
  3. #e6bb34
  4. #eed278
  5. #f7e9bc

Shades

#e6bb34 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6bb34
  2. #cfa82f
  3. #b8962a
  4. #a18324
  5. #8a701f
  6. #735e1a
  7. #5c4b15
  8. #453810
  9. #2e250a
  10. #171305
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6bb34 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6bb34
  2. #e9c248
  3. #ebc95d
  4. #eecf71
  5. #f0d685
  6. #f3dd9a
  7. #f5e4ae
  8. #f8ebc2
  9. #faf1d6
  10. #fdf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6bb34 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6bb34
  2. #dcb53c
  3. #d2af43
  4. #c7a94b
  5. #bda352
  6. #b39e5a
  7. #a99862
  8. #9f9269
  9. #948c71
  10. #8a8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0be9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b918 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc53c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9aba1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #daba26 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c139 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2b183 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6bb34 {
  color: #e6bb34;
}
Background
.bg-e6bb34 {
  background-color: #e6bb34;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6bb34 {
  border: 2px solid #e6bb34;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6bb34;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 187 52;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 78% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6bb34 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6bb34, #b8e634);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6bb34 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 187 52 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.90 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.72 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.77 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.96 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.14 #1944cb Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e6bb34  rgb(230, 187, 52)  hsl(46, 78%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#345fe6  rgb(52, 95, 230)  hsl(226, 78%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#34e6bb  rgb(52, 230, 187)  hsl(166, 78%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#bb34e6  rgb(187, 52, 230)  hsl(286, 78%, 55%)  Electric Purple