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#E8B00A

#e8b00a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8b00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.14% magenta, 95.69% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 44.86°, with 91.74% saturation and 47.45% 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 10.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.38.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4823

Complementary

  1. #e8b00a
  2. #0a42e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8b00a
  2. #0ab1e8
  3. #410ae8

Analogous

  1. #e8410a
  2. #e8b00a
  3. #b1e80a

Triadic

  1. #e8b00a
  2. #0ae8b0
  3. #b00ae8

Tetradic

  1. #e8b00a
  2. #42e80a
  3. #0a42e8
  4. #b00ae8

Square

  1. #e8b00a
  2. #0ae841
  3. #0a42e8
  4. #e80ab1

Monochromatic

  1. #554104
  2. #9f7807
  3. #e8b00a
  4. #f7cb47
  5. #fae091

Shades

#e8b00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8b00a
  2. #d19e09
  3. #ba8d08
  4. #a27b07
  5. #8b6a06
  6. #745805
  7. #5d4604
  8. #463503
  9. #2e2302
  10. #171201
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8b00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8b00a
  2. #eab823
  3. #edc03b
  4. #efc854
  5. #f1d06c
  6. #f4d885
  7. #f6df9d
  8. #f8e7b6
  9. #faefce
  10. #fdf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8b00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8b00a
  2. #deab16
  3. #d3a622
  4. #c9a22d
  5. #be9d39
  6. #b49845
  7. #aa9351
  8. #9f8e5d
  9. #958a68
  10. #8a8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdb593 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6bf1d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd9e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddb917 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5a577 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8b00a {
  color: #e8b00a;
}
Background
.bg-e8b00a {
  background-color: #e8b00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8b00a {
  border: 2px solid #e8b00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8b00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 92% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8b00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8b00a, #b1e80a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8b00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.38 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.65 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.57 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.86 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.31 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.32 #174ff5 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8b00a  rgb(232, 176, 10)  hsl(45, 92%, 47%)  Meat Brown
#0a42e8  rgb(10, 66, 232)  hsl(225, 92%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#0ae8b0  rgb(10, 232, 176)  hsl(165, 92%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#b00ae8  rgb(176, 10, 232)  hsl(285, 92%, 47%)  Vivid Violet