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#E8BB35

#e8bb35 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8bb35 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 73.33% green and 20.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.4% magenta, 77.16% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 44.92°, with 79.56% saturation and 55.88% 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 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.46.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5295

Complementary

  1. #e8bb35
  2. #3562e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8bb35
  2. #35bbe8
  3. #6235e8

Analogous

  1. #e86235
  2. #e8bb35
  3. #bbe835

Triadic

  1. #e8bb35
  2. #35e8bb
  3. #bb35e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8bb35
  2. #62e835
  3. #3562e8
  4. #bb35e8

Square

  1. #e8bb35
  2. #35e862
  3. #3562e8
  4. #e835bb

Monochromatic

  1. #765c0d
  2. #bb9115
  3. #e8bb35
  4. #f0d27a
  5. #f8e9be

Shades

#e8bb35 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8bb35
  2. #d1a830
  3. #ba962a
  4. #a28325
  5. #8b7020
  6. #745e1b
  7. #5d4b15
  8. #463810
  9. #2e250b
  10. #171305
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8bb35 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8bb35
  2. #eac249
  3. #edc95d
  4. #efcf72
  5. #f1d686
  6. #f4dd9a
  7. #f6e4ae
  8. #f8ebc2
  9. #faf1d7
  10. #fdf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8bb35 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8bb35
  2. #deb53d
  3. #d3af44
  4. #c9a94c
  5. #bea353
  6. #b49e5b
  7. #aa9862
  8. #9f926a
  9. #958c71
  10. #8a8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1be9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b91a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc63d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbaaa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbba27 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c13a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4b184 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8bb35 {
  color: #e8bb35;
}
Background
.bg-e8bb35 {
  background-color: #e8bb35;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8bb35 {
  border: 2px solid #e8bb35;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8bb35;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 187 53;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 80% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8bb35 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8bb35, #bbe835);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8bb35 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 187 53 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.46 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.15 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.44 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.76 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.79 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.85 #1744ca Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8bb35  rgb(232, 187, 53)  hsl(45, 80%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#3562e8  rgb(53, 98, 232)  hsl(225, 80%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#35e8bb  rgb(53, 232, 187)  hsl(165, 80%, 56%)  Aquamarine
#bb35e8  rgb(187, 53, 232)  hsl(285, 80%, 56%)  Electric Purple