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#E9BE52

#e9be52 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e9be52 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 32.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.45% magenta, 64.81% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 42.91°, with 77.44% saturation and 61.76% 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 11.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.47.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5476

Complementary

  1. #e9be52
  2. #527de9

Split complementary

  1. #e9be52
  2. #52c9e9
  3. #7252e9

Analogous

  1. #e97252
  2. #e9be52
  3. #c9e952

Triadic

  1. #e9be52
  2. #52e9be
  3. #be52e9

Tetradic

  1. #e9be52
  2. #7de952
  3. #527de9
  4. #be52e9

Square

  1. #e9be52
  2. #52e972
  3. #527de9
  4. #e952c9

Monochromatic

  1. #906c12
  2. #d49f1b
  3. #e9be52
  4. #f2d796
  5. #faf1da

Shades

#e9be52 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9be52
  2. #d2ab4a
  3. #ba9842
  4. #a38539
  5. #8c7231
  6. #755f29
  7. #5d4c21
  8. #463919
  9. #2f2610
  10. #171308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9be52 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9be52
  2. #ebc563
  3. #edcb75
  4. #f0d286
  5. #f2d897
  6. #f4dfa9
  7. #f6e5ba
  8. #f8eccb
  9. #fbf2dc
  10. #fdf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9be52 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9be52
  2. #dfb857
  3. #d4b25b
  4. #caab60
  5. #bfa564
  6. #b59f69
  7. #aa996e
  8. #a09372
  9. #958c77
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3c1a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bd46 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc857 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbafa7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbd4b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2c455 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4b58d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9be52 {
  color: #e9be52;
}
Background
.bg-e9be52 {
  background-color: #e9be52;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9be52 {
  border: 2px solid #e9be52;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9be52;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 190 82;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 77% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9be52 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9be52, #c9e952);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9be52 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 190 82 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.47 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.23 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.84 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.72 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.13 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.22 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.36 #1641ad Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e9be52  rgb(233, 190, 82)  hsl(43, 77%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#527de9  rgb(82, 125, 233)  hsl(223, 77%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#52e9be  rgb(82, 233, 190)  hsl(163, 77%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#be52e9  rgb(190, 82, 233)  hsl(283, 77%, 62%)  Medium Orchid