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#E9BE40

#e9be40 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e9be40 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 74.51% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.45% magenta, 72.53% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 44.73°, with 79.34% saturation and 58.24% 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 11.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.9.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5452

Complementary

  1. #e9be40
  2. #406be9

Split complementary

  1. #e9be40
  2. #40c0e9
  3. #6a40e9

Analogous

  1. #e96a40
  2. #e9be40
  3. #c0e940

Triadic

  1. #e9be40
  2. #40e9be
  3. #be40e9

Tetradic

  1. #e9be40
  2. #6be940
  3. #406be9
  4. #be40e9

Square

  1. #e9be40
  2. #40e96a
  3. #406be9
  4. #e940c0

Monochromatic

  1. #81640f
  2. #c69917
  3. #e9be40
  4. #f1d585
  5. #f9edc9

Shades

#e9be40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9be40
  2. #d2ab3a
  3. #ba9833
  4. #a3852d
  5. #8c7226
  6. #755f20
  7. #5d4c1a
  8. #463913
  9. #2f260d
  10. #171306
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9be40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9be40
  2. #ebc553
  3. #edcb66
  4. #f0d279
  5. #f2d88c
  6. #f4dfa0
  7. #f6e5b3
  8. #f8ecc6
  9. #fbf2d9
  10. #fdf9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9be40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9be40
  2. #dfb846
  3. #d4b24d
  4. #caab53
  5. #bfa55a
  6. #b59f60
  7. #aa9966
  8. #a0936d
  9. #958c73
  10. #8b867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3c19f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bc2d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec847 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fcaea5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbd35 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c444 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5b588 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9be40 {
  color: #e9be40;
}
Background
.bg-e9be40 {
  background-color: #e9be40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9be40 {
  border: 2px solid #e9be40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9be40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 190 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 79% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9be40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9be40, #c0e940);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9be40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 190 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.90 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.64 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.45 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.57 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.79 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.87 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.12 #1641bf Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e9be40  rgb(233, 190, 64)  hsl(45, 79%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#406be9  rgb(64, 107, 233)  hsl(225, 79%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#40e9be  rgb(64, 233, 190)  hsl(165, 79%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#be40e9  rgb(190, 64, 233)  hsl(285, 79%, 58%)  Medium Orchid