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#E8B024

#e8b024 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8b024 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 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.14% magenta, 84.48% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 42.86°, with 80.99% saturation and 52.55% 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 10.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.96.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4833

Complementary

  1. #e8b024
  2. #245ce8

Split complementary

  1. #e8b024
  2. #24bee8
  3. #4e24e8

Analogous

  1. #e84e24
  2. #e8b024
  3. #bee824

Triadic

  1. #e8b024
  2. #24e8b0
  3. #b024e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8b024
  2. #5ce824
  3. #245ce8
  4. #b024e8

Square

  1. #e8b024
  2. #24e84e
  3. #245ce8
  4. #e824be

Monochromatic

  1. #684d0b
  2. #ad8112
  3. #e8b024
  4. #efc969
  5. #f7e2ae

Shades

#e8b024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8b024
  2. #d19e20
  3. #ba8d1d
  4. #a27b19
  5. #8b6a16
  6. #745812
  7. #5d460e
  8. #46350b
  9. #2e2307
  10. #171204
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8b024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8b024
  2. #eab83a
  3. #edc050
  4. #efc866
  5. #f1d07c
  6. #f4d892
  7. #f6dfa7
  8. #f8e7bd
  9. #faefd3
  10. #fdf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8b024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8b024
  2. #deab2d
  3. #d3a636
  4. #c9a240
  5. #be9d49
  6. #b49852
  7. #aa935b
  8. #9f8e64
  9. #958a6e
  10. #8a8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdb594 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5bf2d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fc9e97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b00c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddb92a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4a679 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8b024 {
  color: #e8b024;
}
Background
.bg-e8b024 {
  background-color: #e8b024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8b024 {
  border: 2px solid #e8b024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8b024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 176 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 81% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8b024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8b024, #bee824);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8b024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 176 36 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.96 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.24 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.93 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.10 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.37 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.40 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.66 #174fdb Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8b024  rgb(232, 176, 36)  hsl(43, 81%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#245ce8  rgb(36, 92, 232)  hsl(223, 81%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#24e8b0  rgb(36, 232, 176)  hsl(163, 81%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#b024e8  rgb(176, 36, 232)  hsl(283, 81%, 53%)  Electric Purple