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#E9BE49

#e9be49 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e9be49 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 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.45% magenta, 68.67% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 43.88°, with 78.43% saturation and 60% 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 11.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.93.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5463

Complementary

  1. #e9be49
  2. #4974e9

Split complementary

  1. #e9be49
  2. #49c4e9
  3. #6e49e9

Analogous

  1. #e96e49
  2. #e9be49
  3. #c4e949

Triadic

  1. #e9be49
  2. #49e9be
  3. #be49e9

Tetradic

  1. #e9be49
  2. #74e949
  3. #4974e9
  4. #be49e9

Square

  1. #e9be49
  2. #49e96e
  3. #4974e9
  4. #e949c4

Monochromatic

  1. #886811
  2. #cd9c19
  3. #e9be49
  4. #f1d68d
  5. #f9efd2

Shades

#e9be49 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9be49
  2. #d2ab42
  3. #ba983a
  4. #a38533
  5. #8c722c
  6. #755f25
  7. #5d4c1d
  8. #463916
  9. #2f260f
  10. #171307
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9be49 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9be49
  2. #ebc55b
  3. #edcb6d
  4. #f0d280
  5. #f2d892
  6. #f4dfa4
  7. #f6e5b6
  8. #f8ecc8
  9. #fbf2db
  10. #fdf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9be49 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9be49
  2. #dfb84f
  3. #d4b254
  4. #caab5a
  5. #bfa55f
  6. #b59f65
  7. #aa996a
  8. #a09370
  9. #958c75
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3c1a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bc3a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec84e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fcaea6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbd40 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2c44c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5b58a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9be49 {
  color: #e9be49;
}
Background
.bg-e9be49 {
  background-color: #e9be49;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9be49 {
  border: 2px solid #e9be49;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9be49;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 190 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 78% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9be49 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9be49, #c4e949);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9be49 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 190 73 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.93 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.51 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.04 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.46 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.60 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.65 #1641b6 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e9be49  rgb(233, 190, 73)  hsl(44, 78%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#4974e9  rgb(73, 116, 233)  hsl(224, 78%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#49e9be  rgb(73, 233, 190)  hsl(164, 78%, 60%)  Aquamarine
#be49e9  rgb(190, 73, 233)  hsl(284, 78%, 60%)  Medium Orchid