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#E9BF55

#e9bf55 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e9bf55 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 74.9% green and 33.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.03% magenta, 63.52% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 42.97°, with 77.08% saturation and 62.35% 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 12.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.83.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5524

Complementary

  1. #e9bf55
  2. #557fe9

Split complementary

  1. #e9bf55
  2. #55c9e9
  3. #7555e9

Analogous

  1. #e97555
  2. #e9bf55
  3. #c9e955

Triadic

  1. #e9bf55
  2. #55e9bf
  3. #bf55e9

Tetradic

  1. #e9bf55
  2. #7fe955
  3. #557fe9
  4. #bf55e9

Square

  1. #e9bf55
  2. #55e975
  3. #557fe9
  4. #e955c9

Monochromatic

  1. #926e13
  2. #d6a11c
  3. #e9bf55
  4. #f2d899
  5. #fbf2dc

Shades

#e9bf55 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9bf55
  2. #d2ac4d
  3. #ba9944
  4. #a3863c
  5. #8c7333
  6. #75602b
  7. #5d4c22
  8. #46391a
  9. #2f2611
  10. #171309
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9bf55 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9bf55
  2. #ebc566
  3. #edcc77
  4. #f0d288
  5. #f2d999
  6. #f4dfaa
  7. #f6e5bb
  8. #f8eccc
  9. #fbf2dd
  10. #fdf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9bf55 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9bf55
  2. #dfb959
  3. #d4b25e
  4. #caac62
  5. #bfa666
  6. #b5a06b
  7. #aa996f
  8. #a09373
  9. #958d77
  10. #8b867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4c2a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3be49 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec959 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbb0a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbe4e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2c558 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4b68e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9bf55 {
  color: #e9bf55;
}
Background
.bg-e9bf55 {
  background-color: #e9bf55;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9bf55 {
  border: 2px solid #e9bf55;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9bf55;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 191 85;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 77% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9bf55 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9bf55, #c9e955);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9bf55 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 191 85 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.83 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.02 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.82 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.13 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.48 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.59 #1640aa Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#e9bf55  rgb(233, 191, 85)  hsl(43, 77%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#557fe9  rgb(85, 127, 233)  hsl(223, 77%, 62%)  Glaucous
#55e9bf  rgb(85, 233, 191)  hsl(163, 77%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#bf55e9  rgb(191, 85, 233)  hsl(283, 77%, 62%)  Medium Orchid