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#E7B321

#e7b321 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e7b321 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 70.2% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.51% magenta, 85.71% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 44.24°, with 80.49% saturation and 51.76% 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 10.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.16.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.4934

Complementary

  1. #e7b321
  2. #2155e7

Split complementary

  1. #e7b321
  2. #21b8e7
  3. #5021e7

Analogous

  1. #e75021
  2. #e7b321
  3. #b8e721

Triadic

  1. #e7b321
  2. #21e7b3
  3. #b321e7

Tetradic

  1. #e7b321
  2. #55e721
  3. #2155e7
  4. #b321e7

Square

  1. #e7b321
  2. #21e750
  3. #2155e7
  4. #e721b8

Monochromatic

  1. #644d0b
  2. #a98212
  3. #e7b321
  4. #eecb66
  5. #f6e2ab

Shades

#e7b321 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e7b321
  2. #d0a11e
  3. #b98f1a
  4. #a27d17
  5. #8b6b14
  6. #745a11
  7. #5c480d
  8. #45360a
  9. #2e2407
  10. #171203
  11. #000000

Tints

#e7b321 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e7b321
  2. #e9bb37
  3. #ecc24d
  4. #eeca64
  5. #f1d17a
  6. #f3d990
  7. #f5e1a6
  8. #f8e8bc
  9. #faf0d3
  10. #fdf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e7b321 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e7b321
  2. #ddae2b
  3. #d2a934
  4. #c8a43e
  5. #be9f47
  6. #b49a51
  7. #a9945a
  8. #9f8f64
  9. #958a6d
  10. #8a8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ceb795 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c02b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fba299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6b303 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddbb28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3a97b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e7b321 {
  color: #e7b321;
}
Background
.bg-e7b321 {
  background-color: #e7b321;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e7b321 {
  border: 2px solid #e7b321;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e7b321;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 179 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 80% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e7b321 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7b321, #b8e721);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e7b321 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 179 33 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.16 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.97 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.44 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.64 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.65 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.09 #184cde Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e7b321  rgb(231, 179, 33)  hsl(44, 80%, 52%)  Meat Brown
#2155e7  rgb(33, 85, 231)  hsl(224, 80%, 52%)  Ultramarine Blue
#21e7b3  rgb(33, 231, 179)  hsl(164, 80%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#b321e7  rgb(179, 33, 231)  hsl(284, 80%, 52%)  Electric Purple