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#E8BB45

#e8bb45 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8bb45 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 27.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.4% magenta, 70.26% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 43.44°, with 77.99% saturation and 59.02% 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 11.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.17.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5313

Complementary

  1. #e8bb45
  2. #4572e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8bb45
  2. #45c3e8
  3. #6a45e8

Analogous

  1. #e86a45
  2. #e8bb45
  3. #c3e845

Triadic

  1. #e8bb45
  2. #45e8bb
  3. #bb45e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8bb45
  2. #72e845
  3. #4572e8
  4. #bb45e8

Square

  1. #e8bb45
  2. #45e86a
  3. #4572e8
  4. #e845c3

Monochromatic

  1. #846410
  2. #c89719
  3. #e8bb45
  4. #f0d489
  5. #f9edcd

Shades

#e8bb45 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8bb45
  2. #d1a83e
  3. #ba9637
  4. #a28330
  5. #8b7029
  6. #745e23
  7. #5d4b1c
  8. #463815
  9. #2e250e
  10. #171307
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8bb45 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8bb45
  2. #eac258
  3. #edc96a
  4. #efcf7d
  5. #f1d68f
  6. #f4dda2
  7. #f6e4b5
  8. #f8ebc7
  9. #faf1da
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8bb45 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8bb45
  2. #deb54b
  3. #d3af51
  4. #c9a957
  5. #bea35d
  6. #b49e63
  7. #aa9868
  8. #9f926e
  9. #958c74
  10. #8a867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2be9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ba35 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc64b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbaba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #daba3c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c248 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4b287 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8bb45 {
  color: #e8bb45;
}
Background
.bg-e8bb45 {
  background-color: #e8bb45;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8bb45 {
  border: 2px solid #e8bb45;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8bb45;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 187 69;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 78% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8bb45 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8bb45, #c3e845);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8bb45 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 187 69 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.17 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.15 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.38 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.41 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.62 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.76 #1744ba Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8bb45  rgb(232, 187, 69)  hsl(43, 78%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#4572e8  rgb(69, 114, 232)  hsl(223, 78%, 59%)  Brandeis Blue
#45e8bb  rgb(69, 232, 187)  hsl(163, 78%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#bb45e8  rgb(187, 69, 232)  hsl(283, 78%, 59%)  Medium Orchid