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#E8BF4E

#e8bf4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8bf4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 74.9% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.67% magenta, 66.38% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 44.03°, with 77% saturation and 60.78% 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 11.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.44.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5497

Complementary

  1. #e8bf4e
  2. #4e77e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8bf4e
  2. #4ec4e8
  3. #724ee8

Analogous

  1. #e8724e
  2. #e8bf4e
  3. #c4e84e

Triadic

  1. #e8bf4e
  2. #4ee8bf
  3. #bf4ee8

Tetradic

  1. #e8bf4e
  2. #77e84e
  3. #4e77e8
  4. #bf4ee8

Square

  1. #e8bf4e
  2. #4ee872
  3. #4e77e8
  4. #e84ec4

Monochromatic

  1. #8b6b12
  2. #cf9f1b
  3. #e8bf4e
  4. #f1d792
  5. #faf0d5

Shades

#e8bf4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8bf4e
  2. #d1ac46
  3. #ba993e
  4. #a28637
  5. #8b732f
  6. #746027
  7. #5d4c1f
  8. #463917
  9. #2e2610
  10. #171308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8bf4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8bf4e
  2. #eac560
  3. #edcc71
  4. #efd283
  5. #f1d995
  6. #f4dfa7
  7. #f6e5b8
  8. #f8ecca
  9. #faf2dc
  10. #fdf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8bf4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8bf4e
  2. #deb953
  3. #d3b258
  4. #c9ac5d
  5. #bea662
  6. #b4a067
  7. #aa996c
  8. #9f9371
  9. #958d76
  10. #8a867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3c2a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bd40 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec853 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fab0a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbe46 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2c551 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3b68c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8bf4e {
  color: #e8bf4e;
}
Background
.bg-e8bf4e {
  background-color: #e8bf4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8bf4e {
  border: 2px solid #e8bf4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8bf4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 191 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 77% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8bf4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8bf4e, #c4e84e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8bf4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 191 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.44 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.59 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.34 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.50 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.81 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.00 #1740b1 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e8bf4e  rgb(232, 191, 78)  hsl(44, 77%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#4e77e8  rgb(78, 119, 232)  hsl(224, 77%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#4ee8bf  rgb(78, 232, 191)  hsl(164, 77%, 61%)  Aquamarine
#bf4ee8  rgb(191, 78, 232)  hsl(284, 77%, 61%)  Medium Orchid