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#EBB618

#ebb618 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb618 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 71.37% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.55% magenta, 89.79% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 44.93°, with 84.06% saturation and 50.78% 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 11.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.64.

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Relative luminance0.5118

Complementary

  1. #ebb618
  2. #184deb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb618
  2. #18b6eb
  3. #4c18eb

Analogous

  1. #eb4c18
  2. #ebb618
  3. #b6eb18

Triadic

  1. #ebb618
  2. #18ebb6
  3. #b618eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb618
  2. #4deb18
  3. #184deb
  4. #b618eb

Square

  1. #ebb618
  2. #18eb4c
  3. #184deb
  4. #eb18b6

Monochromatic

  1. #624b08
  2. #a8810f
  3. #ebb618
  4. #f1cc5e
  5. #f7e2a5

Shades

#ebb618 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb618
  2. #d4a416
  3. #bc9213
  4. #a57f11
  5. #8d6d0e
  6. #765b0c
  7. #5e490a
  8. #473707
  9. #2f2405
  10. #181202
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb618 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb618
  2. #edbd2f
  3. #efc546
  4. #f1cc5d
  5. #f3d374
  6. #f5db8c
  7. #f7e2a3
  8. #f9e9ba
  9. #fbf0d1
  10. #fdf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb618 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb618
  2. #e0b122
  3. #d6ab2d
  4. #cba637
  5. #c0a042
  6. #b69b4c
  7. #ab9656
  8. #a09061
  9. #958b6b
  10. #8b8576
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1bb97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc326 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa49c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1be21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8ac7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb618 {
  color: #ebb618;
}
Background
.bg-ebb618 {
  background-color: #ebb618;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb618 {
  border: 2px solid #ebb618;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb618;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 182 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb618 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb618, #b6eb18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb618 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 182 24 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.64 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.55 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.61 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.76 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.09 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.19 #1449e7 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb618  rgb(235, 182, 24)  hsl(45, 84%, 51%)  Meat Brown
#184deb  rgb(24, 77, 235)  hsl(225, 84%, 51%)  Iris
#18ebb6  rgb(24, 235, 182)  hsl(165, 84%, 51%)  Aquamarine
#b618eb  rgb(182, 24, 235)  hsl(285, 84%, 51%)  Electric Purple