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#EBB511

#ebb511 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb511 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 70.98% green and 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.98% magenta, 92.77% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 45.14°, with 86.51% saturation and 49.41% 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 11.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.91.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5075

Complementary

  1. #ebb511
  2. #1147eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb511
  2. #11b4eb
  3. #4811eb

Analogous

  1. #eb4811
  2. #ebb511
  3. #b4eb11

Triadic

  1. #ebb511
  2. #11ebb5
  3. #b511eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb511
  2. #47eb11
  3. #1147eb
  4. #b511eb

Square

  1. #ebb511
  2. #11eb48
  3. #1147eb
  4. #eb11b4

Monochromatic

  1. #5c4707
  2. #a47e0c
  3. #ebb511
  4. #f3cc56
  5. #f8e19d

Shades

#ebb511 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb511
  2. #d4a30f
  3. #bc910e
  4. #a57f0c
  5. #8d6d0a
  6. #765b09
  7. #5e4807
  8. #473605
  9. #2f2403
  10. #181202
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb511 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb511
  2. #edbc29
  3. #efc441
  4. #f1cb58
  5. #f3d370
  6. #f5da88
  7. #f7e1a0
  8. #f9e9b8
  9. #fbf0cf
  10. #fdf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb511 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb511
  2. #e0b01c
  3. #d6aa27
  4. #cba532
  5. #c0a03d
  6. #b69b49
  7. #ab9554
  8. #a0905f
  9. #958b6a
  10. #8b8575
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1ba96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac321 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa39a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bd1c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8aa7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb511 {
  color: #ebb511;
}
Background
.bg-ebb511 {
  background-color: #ebb511;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb511 {
  border: 2px solid #ebb511;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb511;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 181 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 87% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb511 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb511, #b4eb11);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb511 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 181 17 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.91 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.69 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.84 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.18 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.83 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.34 #144aee Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb511  rgb(235, 181, 17)  hsl(45, 87%, 49%)  Meat Brown
#1147eb  rgb(17, 71, 235)  hsl(225, 87%, 49%)  Iris
#11ebb5  rgb(17, 235, 181)  hsl(165, 87%, 49%)  Aquamarine
#b511eb  rgb(181, 17, 235)  hsl(285, 87%, 49%)  Electric Purple