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#E7B42E

#e7b42e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e7b42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 70.59% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.08% magenta, 80.09% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 43.46°, with 79.4% saturation and 54.31% 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 10.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.5.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.4983

Complementary

  1. #e7b42e
  2. #2e61e7

Split complementary

  1. #e7b42e
  2. #2ebde7
  3. #572ee7

Analogous

  1. #e7572e
  2. #e7b42e
  3. #bde72e

Triadic

  1. #e7b42e
  2. #2ee7b4
  3. #b42ee7

Tetradic

  1. #e7b42e
  2. #61e72e
  3. #2e61e7
  4. #b42ee7

Square

  1. #e7b42e
  2. #2ee757
  3. #2e61e7
  4. #e72ebd

Monochromatic

  1. #6f540d
  2. #b48815
  3. #e7b42e
  4. #efcd73
  5. #f7e5b7

Shades

#e7b42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e7b42e
  2. #d0a229
  3. #b99025
  4. #a27e20
  5. #8b6c1c
  6. #745a17
  7. #5c4812
  8. #45360e
  9. #2e2409
  10. #171205
  11. #000000

Tints

#e7b42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e7b42e
  2. #e9bc43
  3. #ecc358
  4. #eecb6d
  5. #f1d282
  6. #f3da97
  7. #f5e1ab
  8. #f8e9c0
  9. #faf0d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e7b42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e7b42e
  2. #ddaf36
  3. #d2aa3e
  4. #c8a447
  5. #be9f4f
  6. #b49a57
  7. #a9955f
  8. #9f9067
  9. #958a70
  10. #8a8578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ceb897 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb30c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c136 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fba39b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7b41e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #debc33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3aa7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e7b42e {
  color: #e7b42e;
}
Background
.bg-e7b42e {
  background-color: #e7b42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e7b42e {
  border: 2px solid #e7b42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e7b42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 180 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 79% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e7b42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7b42e, #bde72e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e7b42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 180 46 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.50 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.03 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.18 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.27 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.90 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.91 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.30 #184bd1 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e7b42e  rgb(231, 180, 46)  hsl(43, 79%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#2e61e7  rgb(46, 97, 231)  hsl(223, 79%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#2ee7b4  rgb(46, 231, 180)  hsl(163, 79%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#b42ee7  rgb(180, 46, 231)  hsl(283, 79%, 54%)  Electric Purple