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#EBB01B

#ebb01b ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb01b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 69.02% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.11% magenta, 88.51% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 42.98°, with 83.87% saturation and 51.37% 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 10.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4879

Complementary

  1. #ebb01b
  2. #1b56eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb01b
  2. #1bbeeb
  3. #481beb

Analogous

  1. #eb481b
  2. #ebb01b
  3. #beeb1b

Triadic

  1. #ebb01b
  2. #1bebb0
  3. #b01beb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb01b
  2. #56eb1b
  3. #1b56eb
  4. #b01beb

Square

  1. #ebb01b
  2. #1beb48
  3. #1b56eb
  4. #eb1bbe

Monochromatic

  1. #644a09
  2. #ab7e0f
  3. #ebb01b
  4. #f1c861
  5. #f7e1a8

Shades

#ebb01b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb01b
  2. #d49e18
  3. #bc8d16
  4. #a57b13
  5. #8d6a10
  6. #76580e
  7. #5e460b
  8. #473508
  9. #2f2305
  10. #181203
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb01b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb01b
  2. #edb832
  3. #efc049
  4. #f1c85f
  5. #f3d076
  6. #f5d88d
  7. #f7dfa4
  8. #f9e7bb
  9. #fbefd1
  10. #fdf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb01b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb01b
  2. #e0ab25
  3. #d6a62f
  4. #cba239
  5. #c09d43
  6. #b6984e
  7. #ab9358
  8. #a08e62
  9. #958a6c
  10. #8b8576
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfb694 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c026 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9e97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfba22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8a578 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb01b {
  color: #ebb01b;
}
Background
.bg-ebb01b {
  background-color: #ebb01b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb01b {
  border: 2px solid #ebb01b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb01b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 176 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb01b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb01b, #beeb1b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb01b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 176 27 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.60 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.65 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.47 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.10 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.43 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.47 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.54 #144fe4 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb01b  rgb(235, 176, 27)  hsl(43, 84%, 51%)  Meat Brown
#1b56eb  rgb(27, 86, 235)  hsl(223, 84%, 51%)  Ultramarine Blue
#1bebb0  rgb(27, 235, 176)  hsl(163, 84%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#b01beb  rgb(176, 27, 235)  hsl(283, 84%, 51%)  Electric Purple