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#E9BB2D

#e9bb2d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e9bb2d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 73.33% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.74% magenta, 80.69% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 45.32°, with 81.03% saturation and 54.51% 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 11.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.92.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5305

Complementary

  1. #e9bb2d
  2. #2d5be9

Split complementary

  1. #e9bb2d
  2. #2db9e9
  3. #5d2de9

Analogous

  1. #e95d2d
  2. #e9bb2d
  3. #b9e92d

Triadic

  1. #e9bb2d
  2. #2de9bb
  3. #bb2de9

Tetradic

  1. #e9bb2d
  2. #5be92d
  3. #2d5be9
  4. #bb2de9

Square

  1. #e9bb2d
  2. #2de95d
  3. #2d5be9
  4. #e92db9

Monochromatic

  1. #71580c
  2. #b68e13
  3. #e9bb2d
  4. #f0d172
  5. #f8e8b7

Shades

#e9bb2d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9bb2d
  2. #d2a829
  3. #ba9624
  4. #a38320
  5. #8c701b
  6. #755e17
  7. #5d4b12
  8. #46380e
  9. #2f2509
  10. #171305
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9bb2d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9bb2d
  2. #ebc242
  3. #edc957
  4. #f0cf6c
  5. #f2d681
  6. #f4dd96
  7. #f6e4ab
  8. #f8ebc0
  9. #fbf1d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9bb2d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9bb2d
  2. #dfb535
  3. #d4af3e
  4. #caa946
  5. #bfa34e
  6. #b59e57
  7. #aa985f
  8. #a09267
  9. #958c6f
  10. #8b8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2be9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b902 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc636 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fdaaa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbba1b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2c233 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5b182 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9bb2d {
  color: #e9bb2d;
}
Background
.bg-e9bb2d {
  background-color: #e9bb2d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9bb2d {
  border: 2px solid #e9bb2d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9bb2d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 187 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 81% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9bb2d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9bb2d, #b9e92d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9bb2d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 187 45 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.92 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.39 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.98 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.47 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.51 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.53 #1644d2 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e9bb2d  rgb(233, 187, 45)  hsl(45, 81%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2d5be9  rgb(45, 91, 233)  hsl(225, 81%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2de9bb  rgb(45, 233, 187)  hsl(165, 81%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#bb2de9  rgb(187, 45, 233)  hsl(285, 81%, 55%)  Electric Purple