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#EBB522

#ebb522 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb522 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 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.98% magenta, 85.53% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 43.88°, with 83.4% saturation and 52.75% 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 11.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.39.

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Relative luminance0.5083

Complementary

  1. #ebb522
  2. #2258eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb522
  2. #22bdeb
  3. #5122eb

Analogous

  1. #eb5122
  2. #ebb522
  3. #bdeb22

Triadic

  1. #ebb522
  2. #22ebb5
  3. #b522eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb522
  2. #58eb22
  3. #2258eb
  4. #b522eb

Square

  1. #ebb522
  2. #22eb51
  3. #2258eb
  4. #eb22bd

Monochromatic

  1. #6a500a
  2. #b18510
  3. #ebb522
  4. #f1cc68
  5. #f8e4ae

Shades

#ebb522 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb522
  2. #d4a31f
  3. #bc911b
  4. #a57f18
  5. #8d6d14
  6. #765b11
  7. #5e480e
  8. #47360a
  9. #2f2407
  10. #181203
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb522 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb522
  2. #edbc38
  3. #efc44e
  4. #f1cb64
  5. #f3d37a
  6. #f5da91
  7. #f7e1a7
  8. #f9e9bd
  9. #fbf0d3
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb522 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb522
  2. #e0b02b
  3. #d6aa35
  4. #cba53e
  5. #c0a048
  6. #b69b51
  7. #ab955a
  8. #a09064
  9. #958b6d
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1ba97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac32c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa39b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab504 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bd29 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8ab7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb522 {
  color: #ebb522;
}
Background
.bg-ebb522 {
  background-color: #ebb522;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb522 {
  border: 2px solid #ebb522;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb522;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 181 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb522 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb522, #bdeb22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb522 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 181 34 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.39 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.92 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.93 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.02 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.44 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.52 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.11 #144add Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb522  rgb(235, 181, 34)  hsl(44, 83%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#2258eb  rgb(34, 88, 235)  hsl(224, 83%, 53%)  Ultramarine Blue
#22ebb5  rgb(34, 235, 181)  hsl(164, 83%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#b522eb  rgb(181, 34, 235)  hsl(284, 83%, 53%)  Electric Purple