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#EBB71A

#ebb71a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb71a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 71.76% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.13% magenta, 88.94% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 45.07°, with 83.94% saturation and 51.18% 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 11.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.54.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.516

Complementary

  1. #ebb71a
  2. #1a4eeb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb71a
  2. #1ab7eb
  3. #4f1aeb

Analogous

  1. #eb4f1a
  2. #ebb71a
  3. #b7eb1a

Triadic

  1. #ebb71a
  2. #1aebb7
  3. #b71aeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb71a
  2. #4eeb1a
  3. #1a4eeb
  4. #b71aeb

Square

  1. #ebb71a
  2. #1aeb4f
  3. #1a4eeb
  4. #eb1ab7

Monochromatic

  1. #634d09
  2. #aa830f
  3. #ebb71a
  4. #f1cd60
  5. #f7e3a7

Shades

#ebb71a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb71a
  2. #d4a517
  3. #bc9215
  4. #a58012
  5. #8d6e10
  6. #765c0d
  7. #5e490a
  8. #473708
  9. #2f2505
  10. #181203
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb71a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb71a
  2. #edbe31
  3. #efc548
  4. #f1cd5f
  5. #f3d476
  6. #f5db8d
  7. #f7e2a3
  8. #f9e9ba
  9. #fbf1d1
  10. #fdf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb71a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb71a
  2. #e0b224
  3. #d6ac2e
  4. #cba739
  5. #c0a143
  6. #b69c4d
  7. #ab9657
  8. #a09161
  9. #958b6c
  10. #8b8676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2bb98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc427 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa59c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2bf23 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8ad7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb71a {
  color: #ebb71a;
}
Background
.bg-ebb71a {
  background-color: #ebb71a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb71a {
  border: 2px solid #ebb71a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb71a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 183 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb71a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb71a, #b7eb1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb71a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 183 26 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.54 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.26 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.49 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.79 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.97 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.11 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.12 #1448e5 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb71a  rgb(235, 183, 26)  hsl(45, 84%, 51%)  Meat Brown
#1a4eeb  rgb(26, 78, 235)  hsl(225, 84%, 51%)  Iris
#1aebb7  rgb(26, 235, 183)  hsl(165, 84%, 51%)  Aquamarine
#b71aeb  rgb(183, 26, 235)  hsl(285, 84%, 51%)  Electric Purple