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#E8BC52

#e8bc52 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8bc52 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 32.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 64.66% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 42.4°, with 76.53% saturation and 61.57% 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 11.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.36.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5373

Complementary

  1. #e8bc52
  2. #527ee8

Split complementary

  1. #e8bc52
  2. #52c9e8
  3. #7152e8

Analogous

  1. #e87152
  2. #e8bc52
  3. #c9e852

Triadic

  1. #e8bc52
  2. #52e8bc
  3. #bc52e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8bc52
  2. #7ee852
  3. #527ee8
  4. #bc52e8

Square

  1. #e8bc52
  2. #52e871
  3. #527ee8
  4. #e852c9

Monochromatic

  1. #8e6a13
  2. #d29c1c
  3. #e8bc52
  4. #f1d696
  5. #faf0d9

Shades

#e8bc52 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8bc52
  2. #d1a94a
  3. #ba9642
  4. #a28439
  5. #8b7131
  6. #745e29
  7. #5d4b21
  8. #463819
  9. #2e2610
  10. #171308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8bc52 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8bc52
  2. #eac363
  3. #edc975
  4. #efd086
  5. #f1d797
  6. #f4dea9
  7. #f6e4ba
  8. #f8ebcb
  9. #faf2dc
  10. #fdf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8bc52 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8bc52
  2. #deb657
  3. #d3b05b
  4. #c9aa60
  5. #bea464
  6. #b49e69
  7. #aa986e
  8. #9f9272
  9. #958c77
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2bfa1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1bb46 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc756 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #faada5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dabb4b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c255 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3b38b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8bc52 {
  color: #e8bc52;
}
Background
.bg-e8bc52 {
  background-color: #e8bc52;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8bc52 {
  border: 2px solid #e8bc52;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8bc52;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 188 82;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 77% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8bc52 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8bc52, #c9e852);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8bc52 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 188 82 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.36 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.64 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.69 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.17 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.29 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.45 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.48 #1743ad Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8bc52  rgb(232, 188, 82)  hsl(42, 77%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#527ee8  rgb(82, 126, 232)  hsl(222, 77%, 62%)  Glaucous
#52e8bc  rgb(82, 232, 188)  hsl(162, 77%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#bc52e8  rgb(188, 82, 232)  hsl(282, 77%, 62%)  Medium Orchid