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#EBB117

#ebb117 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb117 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 69.41% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.68% magenta, 90.21% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 43.58°, with 84.13% saturation and 50.59% 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 10.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.41.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4917

Complementary

  1. #ebb117
  2. #1751eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb117
  2. #17bbeb
  3. #4717eb

Analogous

  1. #eb4717
  2. #ebb117
  3. #bbeb17

Triadic

  1. #ebb117
  2. #17ebb1
  3. #b117eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb117
  2. #51eb17
  3. #1751eb
  4. #b117eb

Square

  1. #ebb117
  2. #17eb47
  3. #1751eb
  4. #eb17bb

Monochromatic

  1. #614808
  2. #a77d0e
  3. #ebb117
  4. #f1c95d
  5. #f7e0a4

Shades

#ebb117 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb117
  2. #d49f15
  3. #bc8e12
  4. #a57c10
  5. #8d6a0e
  6. #76590c
  7. #5e4709
  8. #473507
  9. #2f2305
  10. #181202
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb117 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb117
  2. #edb92e
  3. #efc145
  4. #f1c85d
  5. #f3d074
  6. #f5d88b
  7. #f7e0a2
  8. #f9e8b9
  9. #fbefd1
  10. #fdf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb117 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb117
  2. #e0ac22
  3. #d6a72c
  4. #cba237
  5. #c09d41
  6. #b6994c
  7. #ab9456
  8. #a08f61
  9. #958a6b
  10. #8b8576
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfb795 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c024 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8b100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfba1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8a679 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb117 {
  color: #ebb117;
}
Background
.bg-ebb117 {
  background-color: #ebb117;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb117 {
  border: 2px solid #ebb117;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb117;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 177 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb117 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb117, #bbeb17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb117 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 177 23 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.41 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.86 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.21 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.72 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.12 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.72 #144ee8 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb117  rgb(235, 177, 23)  hsl(44, 84%, 51%)  Meat Brown
#1751eb  rgb(23, 81, 235)  hsl(224, 84%, 51%)  Iris
#17ebb1  rgb(23, 235, 177)  hsl(164, 84%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#b117eb  rgb(177, 23, 235)  hsl(284, 84%, 51%)  Electric Purple