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#EBB240

#ebb240 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebb240 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 69.8% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.26% magenta, 72.77% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 81.04% saturation and 58.63% 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 10.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.64.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4987

Complementary

  1. #ebb240
  2. #4079eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb240
  2. #40cfeb
  3. #5d40eb

Analogous

  1. #eb5d40
  2. #ebb240
  3. #cfeb40

Triadic

  1. #ebb240
  2. #40ebb2
  3. #b240eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb240
  2. #79eb40
  3. #4079eb
  4. #b240eb

Square

  1. #ebb240
  2. #40eb5d
  3. #4079eb
  4. #eb40cf

Monochromatic

  1. #845d0e
  2. #c98d15
  3. #ebb240
  4. #f2ce85
  5. #faeacb

Shades

#ebb240 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb240
  2. #d4a03a
  3. #bc8e33
  4. #a57d2d
  5. #8d6b26
  6. #765920
  7. #5e471a
  8. #473513
  9. #2f240d
  10. #181206
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb240 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb240
  2. #edba53
  3. #efc166
  4. #f1c979
  5. #f3d18c
  6. #f5d9a0
  7. #f7e0b3
  8. #f9e8c6
  9. #fbf0d9
  10. #fdf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb240 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb240
  2. #e0ad46
  3. #d6a84d
  4. #cba353
  5. #c09e5a
  6. #b69960
  7. #ab9466
  8. #a08f6d
  9. #958a73
  10. #8b857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0b899 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b330 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c145 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa19b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7b337 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfbb43 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7a880 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb240 {
  color: #ebb240;
}
Background
.bg-ebb240 {
  background-color: #ebb240;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb240 {
  border: 2px solid #ebb240;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb240;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 178 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 81% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb240 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb240, #cfeb40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb240 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 178 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.64 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.31 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.02 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.38 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.81 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.94 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.99 #144dbf Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb240  rgb(235, 178, 64)  hsl(40, 81%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#4079eb  rgb(64, 121, 235)  hsl(220, 81%, 59%)  Brandeis Blue
#40ebb2  rgb(64, 235, 178)  hsl(160, 81%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#b240eb  rgb(178, 64, 235)  hsl(280, 81%, 59%)  Electric Purple