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#E8B341

#e8b341 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.84% magenta, 71.98% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 40.96°, with 78.4% saturation and 58.24% 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 10.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.62.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.4978

Complementary

  1. #e8b341
  2. #4176e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8b341
  2. #41c9e8
  3. #6041e8

Analogous

  1. #e86041
  2. #e8b341
  3. #c9e841

Triadic

  1. #e8b341
  2. #41e8b3
  3. #b341e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8b341
  2. #76e841
  3. #4176e8
  4. #b341e8

Square

  1. #e8b341
  2. #41e860
  3. #4176e8
  4. #e841c9

Monochromatic

  1. #805d10
  2. #c58e18
  3. #e8b341
  4. #f0ce85
  5. #f9eaca

Shades

#e8b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8b341
  2. #d1a13b
  3. #ba8f34
  4. #a27d2e
  5. #8b6b27
  6. #745a21
  7. #5d481a
  8. #463614
  9. #2e240d
  10. #171207
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8b341
  2. #eabb54
  3. #edc267
  4. #efca7a
  5. #f1d18d
  6. #f4d9a0
  7. #f6e1b3
  8. #f8e8c6
  9. #faf0d9
  10. #fdf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8b341
  2. #deae47
  3. #d3a94e
  4. #c9a454
  5. #be9f5a
  6. #b49a61
  7. #aa9467
  8. #9f8f6d
  9. #958a73
  10. #8a857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfb899 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b331 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6c146 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fca39c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6b338 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddbb44 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4a981 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8b341 {
  color: #e8b341;
}
Background
.bg-e8b341 {
  background-color: #e8b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8b341 {
  border: 2px solid #e8b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 78% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8b341, #c9e841);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.62 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.11 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.98 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.70 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.88 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.95 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.35 #174cbe Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8b341  rgb(232, 179, 65)  hsl(41, 78%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#4176e8  rgb(65, 118, 232)  hsl(221, 78%, 58%)  Brandeis Blue
#41e8b3  rgb(65, 232, 179)  hsl(161, 78%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#b341e8  rgb(179, 65, 232)  hsl(281, 78%, 58%)  Electric Purple