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#E6BC2C

#e6bc2c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6bc2c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 73.73% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.26% magenta, 80.87% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 46.45°, with 78.81% saturation and 53.73% 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 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.56.

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Relative luminance0.5297

Complementary

  1. #e6bc2c
  2. #2c56e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6bc2c
  2. #2cb3e6
  3. #5f2ce6

Analogous

  1. #e65f2c
  2. #e6bc2c
  3. #b3e62c

Triadic

  1. #e6bc2c
  2. #2ce6bc
  3. #bc2ce6

Tetradic

  1. #e6bc2c
  2. #56e62c
  3. #2c56e6
  4. #bc2ce6

Square

  1. #e6bc2c
  2. #2ce65f
  3. #2c56e6
  4. #e62cb3

Monochromatic

  1. #6c570d
  2. #b18d15
  3. #e6bc2c
  4. #eed270
  5. #f6e7b5

Shades

#e6bc2c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6bc2c
  2. #cfa928
  3. #b89623
  4. #a1841f
  5. #8a711a
  6. #735e16
  7. #5c4b12
  8. #45380d
  9. #2e2609
  10. #171304
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6bc2c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6bc2c
  2. #e9c341
  3. #ebc956
  4. #eed06b
  5. #f0d780
  6. #f3de96
  7. #f5e4ab
  8. #f8ebc0
  9. #faf2d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6bc2c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6bc2c
  2. #dcb634
  3. #d2b03d
  4. #c7aa45
  5. #bda44e
  6. #b39e56
  7. #a9985e
  8. #9f9267
  9. #948c6f
  10. #8a8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1bf9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc536 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9aba2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dabb19 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c232 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2b283 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6bc2c {
  color: #e6bc2c;
}
Background
.bg-e6bc2c {
  background-color: #e6bc2c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6bc2c {
  border: 2px solid #e6bc2c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6bc2c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 188 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 79% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6bc2c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6bc2c, #b3e62c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6bc2c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 188 44 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.56 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.67 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.08 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.27 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.62 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.77 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.02 #1943d3 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e6bc2c  rgb(230, 188, 44)  hsl(46, 79%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#2c56e6  rgb(44, 86, 230)  hsl(226, 79%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2ce6bc  rgb(44, 230, 188)  hsl(166, 79%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc2ce6  rgb(188, 44, 230)  hsl(286, 79%, 54%)  Electric Purple