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#EBB409

#ebb409 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb409 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 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.4% magenta, 96.17% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 45.4°, with 92.62% saturation and 47.84% 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 3.16.

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Relative luminance0.5032

Complementary

  1. #ebb409
  2. #0940eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb409
  2. #09b1eb
  3. #4309eb

Analogous

  1. #eb4309
  2. #ebb409
  3. #b1eb09

Triadic

  1. #ebb409
  2. #09ebb4
  3. #b409eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb409
  2. #40eb09
  3. #0940eb
  4. #b409eb

Square

  1. #ebb409
  2. #09eb43
  3. #0940eb
  4. #eb09b1

Monochromatic

  1. #584303
  2. #a17c06
  3. #ebb409
  4. #f8cd48
  5. #fbe192

Shades

#ebb409 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb409
  2. #d4a208
  3. #bc9007
  4. #a57e06
  5. #8d6c05
  6. #765a05
  7. #5e4804
  8. #473603
  9. #2f2402
  10. #181201
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb409 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb409
  2. #edbc22
  3. #efc33a
  4. #f1cb53
  5. #f3d26b
  6. #f5da84
  7. #f7e19d
  8. #f9e9b5
  9. #fbf0ce
  10. #fdf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb409 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb409
  2. #e0af15
  3. #d6aa21
  4. #cba42d
  5. #c09f39
  6. #b69a45
  7. #ab9550
  8. #a0905c
  9. #958a68
  10. #8b8574
  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 #d1b996 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c21d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bd17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8a97a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb409 {
  color: #ebb409;
}
Background
.bg-ebb409 {
  background-color: #ebb409;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb409 {
  border: 2px solid #ebb409;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb409;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 180 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb409 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb409, #b1eb09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb409 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 180 9 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.16 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.77 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.82 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.15 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.31 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.50 #144bf6 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb409  rgb(235, 180, 9)  hsl(45, 93%, 48%)  Meat Brown
#0940eb  rgb(9, 64, 235)  hsl(225, 93%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#09ebb4  rgb(9, 235, 180)  hsl(165, 93%, 48%)  Aquamarine
#b409eb  rgb(180, 9, 235)  hsl(285, 93%, 48%)  Electric Purple