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#E8BB40

#e8bb40 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8bb40 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 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.4% magenta, 72.41% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 43.93°, with 78.5% saturation and 58.04% 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 11.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.02.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5307

Complementary

  1. #e8bb40
  2. #406de8

Split complementary

  1. #e8bb40
  2. #40c1e8
  3. #6740e8

Analogous

  1. #e86740
  2. #e8bb40
  3. #c1e840

Triadic

  1. #e8bb40
  2. #40e8bb
  3. #bb40e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8bb40
  2. #6de840
  3. #406de8
  4. #bb40e8

Square

  1. #e8bb40
  2. #40e867
  3. #406de8
  4. #e840c1

Monochromatic

  1. #80620f
  2. #c49618
  3. #e8bb40
  4. #f0d384
  5. #f8ecc9

Shades

#e8bb40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8bb40
  2. #d1a83a
  3. #ba9633
  4. #a2832d
  5. #8b7026
  6. #745e20
  7. #5d4b1a
  8. #463813
  9. #2e250d
  10. #171306
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8bb40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8bb40
  2. #eac253
  3. #edc966
  4. #efcf79
  5. #f1d68c
  6. #f4dda0
  7. #f6e4b3
  8. #f8ebc6
  9. #faf1d9
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8bb40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8bb40
  2. #deb546
  3. #d3af4d
  4. #c9a953
  5. #bea35a
  6. #b49e60
  7. #aa9866
  8. #9f926d
  9. #958c73
  10. #8a867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2be9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1ba2e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc646 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbaba2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #daba36 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c144 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4b286 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8bb40 {
  color: #e8bb40;
}
Background
.bg-e8bb40 {
  background-color: #e8bb40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8bb40 {
  border: 2px solid #e8bb40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8bb40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 187 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 79% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8bb40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8bb40, #c1e840);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8bb40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 187 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.02 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.21 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.08 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.03 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.14 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.30 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.51 #1744bf Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8bb40  rgb(232, 187, 64)  hsl(44, 79%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#406de8  rgb(64, 109, 232)  hsl(224, 79%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#40e8bb  rgb(64, 232, 187)  hsl(164, 79%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#bb40e8  rgb(187, 64, 232)  hsl(284, 79%, 58%)  Medium Orchid