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#E7BC55

#e7bc55 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e7bc55 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 73.73% green and 33.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.61% magenta, 63.2% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 42.33°, with 75.26% saturation and 61.96% 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 11.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.68.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5361

Complementary

  1. #e7bc55
  2. #5580e7

Split complementary

  1. #e7bc55
  2. #55c9e7
  3. #7355e7

Analogous

  1. #e77355
  2. #e7bc55
  3. #c9e755

Triadic

  1. #e7bc55
  2. #55e7bc
  3. #bc55e7

Tetradic

  1. #e7bc55
  2. #80e755
  3. #5580e7
  4. #bc55e7

Square

  1. #e7bc55
  2. #55e773
  3. #5580e7
  4. #e755c9

Monochromatic

  1. #8f6b14
  2. #d29d1e
  3. #e7bc55
  4. #f0d698
  5. #faf1db

Shades

#e7bc55 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e7bc55
  2. #d0a94d
  3. #b99644
  4. #a2843c
  5. #8b7133
  6. #745e2b
  7. #5c4b22
  8. #45381a
  9. #2e2611
  10. #171309
  11. #000000

Tints

#e7bc55 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e7bc55
  2. #e9c366
  3. #ecc977
  4. #eed088
  5. #f1d799
  6. #f3deaa
  7. #f5e4bb
  8. #f8ebcc
  9. #faf2dd
  10. #fdf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e7bc55 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e7bc55
  2. #ddb659
  3. #d2b05e
  4. #c8aa62
  5. #bea466
  6. #b49e6b
  7. #a9986f
  8. #9f9273
  9. #958c77
  10. #8a867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2bfa1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0bb4a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc659 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9ada6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dabb4f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c257 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2b38c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e7bc55 {
  color: #e7bc55;
}
Background
.bg-e7bc55 {
  background-color: #e7bc55;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e7bc55 {
  border: 2px solid #e7bc55;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e7bc55;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 188 85;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 75% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e7bc55 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7bc55, #c9e755);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e7bc55 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 188 85 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.68 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.73 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.00 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.24 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.49 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.65 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.85 #1843aa Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e7bc55  rgb(231, 188, 85)  hsl(42, 75%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#5580e7  rgb(85, 128, 231)  hsl(222, 75%, 62%)  Glaucous
#55e7bc  rgb(85, 231, 188)  hsl(162, 75%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#bc55e7  rgb(188, 85, 231)  hsl(282, 75%, 62%)  Medium Orchid