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#E6BB40

#e6bb40 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6bb40 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 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.7% magenta, 72.17% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 44.46°, with 76.85% saturation and 57.65% 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 11.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.22.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5273

Complementary

  1. #e6bb40
  2. #406be6

Split complementary

  1. #e6bb40
  2. #40bee6
  3. #6840e6

Analogous

  1. #e66840
  2. #e6bb40
  3. #bee640

Triadic

  1. #e6bb40
  2. #40e6bb
  3. #bb40e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6bb40
  2. #6be640
  3. #406be6
  4. #bb40e6

Square

  1. #e6bb40
  2. #40e668
  3. #406be6
  4. #e640be

Monochromatic

  1. #7d6110
  2. #c09519
  3. #e6bb40
  4. #efd384
  5. #f8ebc7

Shades

#e6bb40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6bb40
  2. #cfa83a
  3. #b89633
  4. #a1832d
  5. #8a7026
  6. #735e20
  7. #5c4b1a
  8. #453813
  9. #2e250d
  10. #171306
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6bb40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6bb40
  2. #e9c253
  3. #ebc966
  4. #eecf79
  5. #f0d68c
  6. #f3dda0
  7. #f5e4b3
  8. #f8ebc6
  9. #faf1d9
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6bb40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6bb40
  2. #dcb546
  3. #d2af4d
  4. #c7a953
  5. #bda35a
  6. #b39e60
  7. #a99866
  8. #9f926d
  9. #948c73
  10. #8a867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0be9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b92e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc546 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9aba2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9ba36 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc144 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2b286 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6bb40 {
  color: #e6bb40;
}
Background
.bg-e6bb40 {
  background-color: #e6bb40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6bb40 {
  border: 2px solid #e6bb40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6bb40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 187 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 77% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6bb40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6bb40, #bee640);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6bb40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 187 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.22 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.75 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.20 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.32 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.33 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.51 #1944bf Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e6bb40  rgb(230, 187, 64)  hsl(44, 77%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#406be6  rgb(64, 107, 230)  hsl(224, 77%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#40e6bb  rgb(64, 230, 187)  hsl(164, 77%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#bb40e6  rgb(187, 64, 230)  hsl(284, 77%, 58%)  Medium Orchid