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#EBB53B

#ebb53b ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebb53b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 70.98% green and 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.98% magenta, 74.89% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 41.59°, with 81.48% saturation and 57.65% 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 11.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.26.

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Relative luminance0.5103

Complementary

  1. #ebb53b
  2. #3b71eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb53b
  2. #3bc9eb
  3. #5d3beb

Analogous

  1. #eb5d3b
  2. #ebb53b
  3. #c9eb3b

Triadic

  1. #ebb53b
  2. #3bebb5
  3. #b53beb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb53b
  2. #71eb3b
  3. #3b71eb
  4. #b53beb

Square

  1. #ebb53b
  2. #3beb5d
  3. #3b71eb
  4. #eb3bc9

Monochromatic

  1. #805d0d
  2. #c58f14
  3. #ebb53b
  4. #f2cf80
  5. #f9e9c6

Shades

#ebb53b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb53b
  2. #d4a335
  3. #bc912f
  4. #a57f29
  5. #8d6d23
  6. #765b1e
  7. #5e4818
  8. #473612
  9. #2f240c
  10. #181206
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb53b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb53b
  2. #edbc4f
  3. #efc462
  4. #f1cb76
  5. #f3d389
  6. #f5da9d
  7. #f7e1b1
  8. #f9e9c4
  9. #fbf0d8
  10. #fdf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb53b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb53b
  2. #e0b042
  3. #d6aa49
  4. #cba550
  5. #c0a057
  6. #b69b5e
  7. #ab9564
  8. #a0906b
  9. #958b72
  10. #8b8579
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1ba9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb527 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c341 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa49d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b530 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0be3e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7ab81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb53b {
  color: #ebb53b;
}
Background
.bg-ebb53b {
  background-color: #ebb53b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb53b {
  border: 2px solid #ebb53b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb53b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 181 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 81% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb53b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb53b, #c9eb3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb53b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 181 59 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.26 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.41 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.85 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.15 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.35 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.60 #144ac4 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb53b  rgb(235, 181, 59)  hsl(42, 81%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#3b71eb  rgb(59, 113, 235)  hsl(222, 81%, 58%)  Brandeis Blue
#3bebb5  rgb(59, 235, 181)  hsl(162, 81%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#b53beb  rgb(181, 59, 235)  hsl(282, 81%, 58%)  Electric Purple