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#EBB400

#ebb400 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb400 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 70.59% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.4% magenta, 100% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 45.96°, with 100% saturation and 46.08% 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 11.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.503

Complementary

  1. #ebb400
  2. #0037eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb400
  2. #00aceb
  3. #3f00eb

Analogous

  1. #eb3f00
  2. #ebb400
  3. #aceb00

Triadic

  1. #ebb400
  2. #00ebb4
  3. #b400eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb400
  2. #37eb00
  3. #0037eb
  4. #b400eb

Square

  1. #ebb400
  2. #00eb3f
  3. #0037eb
  4. #eb00ac

Monochromatic

  1. #523f00
  2. #9f7900
  3. #ebb400
  4. #ffd139
  5. #ffe285

Shades

#ebb400 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb400
  2. #d4a200
  3. #bc9000
  4. #a57e00
  5. #8d6c00
  6. #765a00
  7. #5e4800
  8. #473600
  9. #2f2400
  10. #181200
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb400 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb400
  2. #edbc1a
  3. #efc333
  4. #f1cb4d
  5. #f3d266
  6. #f5da80
  7. #f7e199
  8. #f9e9b3
  9. #fbf0cc
  10. #fdf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb400 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb400
  2. #e0af0d
  3. #d6aa1a
  4. #cba426
  5. #c09f33
  6. #b69a40
  7. #ab954d
  8. #a0905a
  9. #958a66
  10. #8b8573
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0b995 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac219 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bd12 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8a979 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb400 {
  color: #ebb400;
}
Background
.bg-ebb400 {
  background-color: #ebb400;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb400 {
  border: 2px solid #ebb400;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb400;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 180 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb400 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb400, #aceb00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb400 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 180 0 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.32 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.75 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.76 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.16 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.27 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.58 #144bff Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb400  rgb(235, 180, 0)  hsl(46, 100%, 46%)  Meat Brown
#0037eb  rgb(0, 55, 235)  hsl(226, 100%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#00ebb4  rgb(0, 235, 180)  hsl(166, 100%, 46%)  Aquamarine
#b400eb  rgb(180, 0, 235)  hsl(286, 100%, 46%)  Electric Purple