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#E9B520

#e9b520 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e9b520 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 70.98% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.32% magenta, 86.27% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 44.48°, with 82.04% saturation and 51.96% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.18.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5048

Complementary

  1. #e9b520
  2. #2054e9

Split complementary

  1. #e9b520
  2. #20b8e9
  3. #5120e9

Analogous

  1. #e95120
  2. #e9b520
  3. #b8e920

Triadic

  1. #e9b520
  2. #20e9b5
  3. #b520e9

Tetradic

  1. #e9b520
  2. #54e920
  3. #2054e9
  4. #b520e9

Square

  1. #e9b520
  2. #20e951
  3. #2054e9
  4. #e920b8

Monochromatic

  1. #664e0a
  2. #ac8411
  3. #e9b520
  4. #f0cc66
  5. #f7e3ab

Shades

#e9b520 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9b520
  2. #d2a31d
  3. #ba911a
  4. #a37f16
  5. #8c6d13
  6. #755b10
  7. #5d480d
  8. #46360a
  9. #2f2406
  10. #171203
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9b520 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9b520
  2. #ebbc36
  3. #edc44d
  4. #f0cb63
  5. #f2d379
  6. #f4da90
  7. #f6e1a6
  8. #f8e9bc
  9. #fbf0d2
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9b520 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9b520
  2. #dfb02a
  3. #d4aa33
  4. #caa53d
  5. #bfa046
  6. #b59b50
  7. #aa955a
  8. #a09063
  9. #958b6d
  10. #8b8576
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0b997 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c22b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fda39b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0bd27 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5ab7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9b520 {
  color: #e9b520;
}
Background
.bg-e9b520 {
  background-color: #e9b520;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9b520 {
  border: 2px solid #e9b520;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9b520;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 181 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 82% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9b520 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9b520, #b8e920);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9b520 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 181 32 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.18 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.79 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.11 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.22 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.54 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.56 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.71 #164adf Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e9b520  rgb(233, 181, 32)  hsl(44, 82%, 52%)  Meat Brown
#2054e9  rgb(32, 84, 233)  hsl(224, 82%, 52%)  Ultramarine Blue
#20e9b5  rgb(32, 233, 181)  hsl(164, 82%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#b520e9  rgb(181, 32, 233)  hsl(284, 82%, 52%)  Electric Purple