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#e8bc3f ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8bc3f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 73.73% green and 24.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 72.84% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 44.38°, with 78.6% saturation and 57.84% 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 11.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.34.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5348

Complementary

  1. #e8bc3f
  2. #3f6be8

Split complementary

  1. #e8bc3f
  2. #3fbfe8
  3. #673fe8

Analogous

  1. #e8673f
  2. #e8bc3f
  3. #bfe83f

Triadic

  1. #e8bc3f
  2. #3fe8bc
  3. #bc3fe8

Tetradic

  1. #e8bc3f
  2. #6be83f
  3. #3f6be8
  4. #bc3fe8

Square

  1. #e8bc3f
  2. #3fe867
  3. #3f6be8
  4. #e83fbf

Monochromatic

  1. #7f620f
  2. #c39617
  3. #e8bc3f
  4. #f0d483
  5. #f8ecc8

Shades

#e8bc3f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8bc3f
  2. #d1a939
  3. #ba9632
  4. #a2842c
  5. #8b7126
  6. #745e20
  7. #5d4b19
  8. #463813
  9. #2e260d
  10. #171306
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8bc3f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8bc3f
  2. #eac352
  3. #edc965
  4. #efd079
  5. #f1d78c
  6. #f4de9f
  7. #f6e4b2
  8. #f8ebc5
  9. #faf2d9
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8bc3f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8bc3f
  2. #deb646
  3. #d3b04c
  4. #c9aa53
  5. #bea459
  6. #b49e60
  7. #aa9866
  8. #9f926d
  9. #958c73
  10. #8a867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2bf9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba2c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc645 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbaca3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbbb34 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c243 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4b386 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8bc3f {
  color: #e8bc3f;
}
Background
.bg-e8bc3f {
  background-color: #e8bc3f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8bc3f {
  border: 2px solid #e8bc3f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8bc3f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 188 63;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 79% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8bc3f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8bc3f, #bfe83f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8bc3f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 188 63 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.34 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.96 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.13 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.92 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.94 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.22 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.23 #1743c0 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8bc3f  rgb(232, 188, 63)  hsl(44, 79%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#3f6be8  rgb(63, 107, 232)  hsl(224, 79%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#3fe8bc  rgb(63, 232, 188)  hsl(164, 79%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#bc3fe8  rgb(188, 63, 232)  hsl(284, 79%, 58%)  Electric Purple