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#E9B60E

#e9b60e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e9b60e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 71.37% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.89% magenta, 93.99% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 46.03°, with 88.66% saturation and 48.43% 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 11.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.8.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5081

Complementary

  1. #e9b60e
  2. #0e41e9

Split complementary

  1. #e9b60e
  2. #0eaee9
  3. #490ee9

Analogous

  1. #e9490e
  2. #e9b60e
  3. #aee90e

Triadic

  1. #e9b60e
  2. #0ee9b6
  3. #b60ee9

Tetradic

  1. #e9b60e
  2. #41e90e
  3. #0e41e9
  4. #b60ee9

Square

  1. #e9b60e
  2. #0ee949
  3. #0e41e9
  4. #e90eae

Monochromatic

  1. #594505
  2. #a17e0a
  3. #e9b60e
  4. #f4ce4f
  5. #f9e297

Shades

#e9b60e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9b60e
  2. #d2a40d
  3. #ba920b
  4. #a37f0a
  5. #8c6d08
  6. #755b07
  7. #5d4906
  8. #463704
  9. #2f2403
  10. #171201
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9b60e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9b60e
  2. #ebbd26
  3. #edc53e
  4. #f0cc56
  5. #f2d36e
  6. #f4db87
  7. #f6e29f
  8. #f8e9b7
  9. #fbf0cf
  10. #fdf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9b60e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9b60e
  2. #dfb119
  3. #d4ab25
  4. #caa630
  5. #bfa03c
  6. #b59b47
  7. #aa9652
  8. #a0905e
  9. #958b69
  10. #8b8575
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0ba96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac320 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fda49b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0be1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6ac7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9b60e {
  color: #e9b60e;
}
Background
.bg-e9b60e {
  background-color: #e9b60e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9b60e {
  border: 2px solid #e9b60e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9b60e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 182 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 89% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9b60e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9b60e, #aee90e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9b60e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 182 14 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.80 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.51 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.73 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.14 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.25 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.98 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.16 #1649f1 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e9b60e  rgb(233, 182, 14)  hsl(46, 89%, 48%)  Meat Brown
#0e41e9  rgb(14, 65, 233)  hsl(226, 89%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#0ee9b6  rgb(14, 233, 182)  hsl(166, 89%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#b60ee9  rgb(182, 14, 233)  hsl(286, 89%, 48%)  Electric Purple