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#EBB40F

#ebb40f ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb40f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.4% magenta, 93.62% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 45°, with 88% saturation and 49.02% 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 11.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.05.

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Relative luminance0.5034

Complementary

  1. #ebb40f
  2. #0f46eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb40f
  2. #0fb4eb
  3. #460feb

Analogous

  1. #eb460f
  2. #ebb40f
  3. #b4eb0f

Triadic

  1. #ebb40f
  2. #0febb4
  3. #b40feb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb40f
  2. #46eb0f
  3. #0f46eb
  4. #b40feb

Square

  1. #ebb40f
  2. #0feb46
  3. #0f46eb
  4. #eb0fb4

Monochromatic

  1. #5b4606
  2. #a37d0a
  3. #ebb40f
  4. #f4cc53
  5. #f9e19a

Shades

#ebb40f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb40f
  2. #d4a20e
  3. #bc900c
  4. #a57e0b
  5. #8d6c09
  6. #765a08
  7. #5e4806
  8. #473605
  9. #2f2403
  10. #181202
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb40f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb40f
  2. #edbc27
  3. #efc33f
  4. #f1cb57
  5. #f3d26f
  6. #f5da87
  7. #f7e19f
  8. #f9e9b7
  9. #fbf0cf
  10. #fdf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb40f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb40f
  2. #e0af1a
  3. #d6aa26
  4. #cba431
  5. #c09f3c
  6. #b69a48
  7. #ab9553
  8. #a0905e
  9. #958a69
  10. #8b8575
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.07:1 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 #d9c220 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa29a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bd1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8a97a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb40f {
  color: #ebb40f;
}
Background
.bg-ebb40f {
  background-color: #ebb40f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb40f {
  border: 2px solid #ebb40f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb40f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 180 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 88% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb40f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb40f, #b4eb0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb40f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 180 15 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.05 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.78 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.87 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.14 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.35 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.61 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.44 #144bf0 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb40f  rgb(235, 180, 15)  hsl(45, 88%, 49%)  Meat Brown
#0f46eb  rgb(15, 70, 235)  hsl(225, 88%, 49%)  Iris
#0febb4  rgb(15, 235, 180)  hsl(165, 88%, 49%)  Aquamarine
#b40feb  rgb(180, 15, 235)  hsl(285, 88%, 49%)  Electric Purple