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#E8BB56

#e8bb56 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8bb56 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 73.33% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.4% magenta, 62.93% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 41.51°, with 76.04% saturation and 62.35% 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 11.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.91.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5337

Complementary

  1. #e8bb56
  2. #5683e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8bb56
  2. #56cce8
  3. #7256e8

Analogous

  1. #e87256
  2. #e8bb56
  3. #cce856

Triadic

  1. #e8bb56
  2. #56e8bb
  3. #bb56e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8bb56
  2. #83e856
  3. #5683e8
  4. #bb56e8

Square

  1. #e8bb56
  2. #56e872
  3. #5683e8
  4. #e856cc

Monochromatic

  1. #916b14
  2. #d59c1d
  3. #e8bb56
  4. #f1d699
  5. #faf1dd

Shades

#e8bb56 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8bb56
  2. #d1a84d
  3. #ba9645
  4. #a2833c
  5. #8b7034
  6. #745e2b
  7. #5d4b22
  8. #46381a
  9. #2e2511
  10. #171309
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8bb56 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8bb56
  2. #eac267
  3. #edc978
  4. #efcf89
  5. #f1d69a
  6. #f4ddab
  7. #f6e4bb
  8. #f8ebcc
  9. #faf1dd
  10. #fdf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8bb56 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8bb56
  2. #deb55a
  3. #d3af5e
  4. #c9a963
  5. #bea367
  6. #b49e6b
  7. #aa986f
  8. #9f9273
  9. #958c78
  10. #8a867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2bfa1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfba4b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac65a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #faaca5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dabb50 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c258 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3b28c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8bb56 {
  color: #e8bb56;
}
Background
.bg-e8bb56 {
  background-color: #e8bb56;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8bb56 {
  border: 2px solid #e8bb56;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8bb56;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 187 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 76% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8bb56 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8bb56, #cce856);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8bb56 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 187 86 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.91 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.06 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.35 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.45 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.78 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.83 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.98 #1744a9 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8bb56  rgb(232, 187, 86)  hsl(42, 76%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#5683e8  rgb(86, 131, 232)  hsl(222, 76%, 62%)  United Nations Blue
#56e8bb  rgb(86, 232, 187)  hsl(162, 76%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#bb56e8  rgb(187, 86, 232)  hsl(282, 76%, 62%)  Medium Orchid