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#E6C262

#e6c262 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6c262 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 76.08% green and 38.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.65% magenta, 57.39% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 43.64°, with 72.53% saturation and 64.31% 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 12.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.58.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5629

Complementary

  1. #e6c262
  2. #6286e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6c262
  2. #62c8e6
  3. #8062e6

Analogous

  1. #e68062
  2. #e6c262
  3. #c8e662

Triadic

  1. #e6c262
  2. #62e6c2
  3. #c262e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6c262
  2. #86e662
  3. #6286e6
  4. #c262e6

Square

  1. #e6c262
  2. #62e680
  3. #6286e6
  4. #e662c8

Monochromatic

  1. #977418
  2. #d9a723
  3. #e6c262
  4. #f1dca4
  5. #fbf5e6

Shades

#e6c262 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6c262
  2. #cfaf58
  3. #b89b4e
  4. #a18845
  5. #8a743b
  6. #736131
  7. #5c4e27
  8. #453a1d
  9. #2e2714
  10. #17130a
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6c262 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6c262
  2. #e9c872
  3. #ebce81
  4. #eed491
  5. #f0daa1
  6. #f3e1b1
  7. #f5e7c0
  8. #f8edd0
  9. #faf3e0
  10. #fdf9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6c262 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6c262
  2. #dcbb65
  3. #d2b568
  4. #c7ae6b
  5. #bda86e
  6. #b3a171
  7. #a99a74
  8. #9f9477
  9. #948d7a
  10. #8a877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3c4a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5c059 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #deca66 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7b4ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcc15d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c764 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0ba94 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6c262 {
  color: #e6c262;
}
Background
.bg-e6c262 {
  background-color: #e6c262;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6c262 {
  border: 2px solid #e6c262;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6c262;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 194 98;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 73% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6c262 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6c262, #c8e662);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6c262 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 194 98 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.81 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.86 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.07 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.67 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.82 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.97 #193d9d Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e6c262  rgb(230, 194, 98)  hsl(44, 73%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#6286e6  rgb(98, 134, 230)  hsl(224, 73%, 64%)  United Nations Blue
#62e6c2  rgb(98, 230, 194)  hsl(164, 73%, 64%)  Aquamarine
#c262e6  rgb(194, 98, 230)  hsl(284, 73%, 64%)  Medium Orchid