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#EBB22B

#ebb22b ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb22b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 69.8% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.26% magenta, 81.7% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 42.19°, with 82.76% saturation and 54.51% 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 10.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.92.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4968

Complementary

  1. #ebb22b
  2. #2b64eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb22b
  2. #2bc4eb
  3. #522beb

Analogous

  1. #eb522b
  2. #ebb22b
  3. #c4eb2b

Triadic

  1. #ebb22b
  2. #2bebb2
  3. #b22beb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb22b
  2. #64eb2b
  3. #2b64eb
  4. #b22beb

Square

  1. #ebb22b
  2. #2beb52
  3. #2b64eb
  4. #eb2bc4

Monochromatic

  1. #72540b
  2. #b88711
  3. #ebb22b
  4. #f2cb71
  5. #f8e5b7

Shades

#ebb22b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb22b
  2. #d4a027
  3. #bc8e22
  4. #a57d1e
  5. #8d6b1a
  6. #765916
  7. #5e4711
  8. #47350d
  9. #2f2409
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb22b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb22b
  2. #edba40
  3. #efc155
  4. #f1c96b
  5. #f3d180
  6. #f5d995
  7. #f7e0aa
  8. #f9e8bf
  9. #fbf0d5
  10. #fdf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb22b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb22b
  2. #e0ad34
  3. #d6a83c
  4. #cba345
  5. #c09e4d
  6. #b69956
  7. #ab945e
  8. #a08f67
  9. #958a6f
  10. #8b8578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0b797 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab203 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c133 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa099 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8b21a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0bb30 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8a87c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb22b {
  color: #ebb22b;
}
Background
.bg-ebb22b {
  background-color: #ebb22b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb22b {
  border: 2px solid #ebb22b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb22b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 178 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb22b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb22b, #c4eb2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb22b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 178 43 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.92 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.80 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.58 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.12 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.18 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.44 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.48 #144dd4 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb22b  rgb(235, 178, 43)  hsl(42, 83%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2b64eb  rgb(43, 100, 235)  hsl(222, 83%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#2bebb2  rgb(43, 235, 178)  hsl(162, 83%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#b22beb  rgb(178, 43, 235)  hsl(282, 83%, 55%)  Electric Purple