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#EBB72A

#ebb72a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb72a 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 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.13% magenta, 82.13% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 43.83°, with 82.83% saturation and 54.31% 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 11.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.86.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.517

Complementary

  1. #ebb72a
  2. #2a5eeb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb72a
  2. #2abfeb
  3. #562aeb

Analogous

  1. #eb562a
  2. #ebb72a
  3. #bfeb2a

Triadic

  1. #ebb72a
  2. #2aebb7
  3. #b72aeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb72a
  2. #5eeb2a
  3. #2a5eeb
  4. #b72aeb

Square

  1. #ebb72a
  2. #2aeb56
  3. #2a5eeb
  4. #eb2abf

Monochromatic

  1. #71560b
  2. #b78b11
  3. #ebb72a
  4. #f2cf70
  5. #f8e6b6

Shades

#ebb72a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb72a
  2. #d4a526
  3. #bc9222
  4. #a5801d
  5. #8d6e19
  6. #765c15
  7. #5e4911
  8. #47370d
  9. #2f2508
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb72a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb72a
  2. #edbe3f
  3. #efc555
  4. #f1cd6a
  5. #f3d47f
  6. #f5db95
  7. #f7e2aa
  8. #f9e9bf
  9. #fbf1d4
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb72a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb72a
  2. #e0b233
  3. #d6ac3b
  4. #cba744
  5. #c0a14c
  6. #b69c55
  7. #ab965e
  8. #a09166
  9. #958b6f
  10. #8b8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2bb99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc433 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa69d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab716 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2bf30 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7ad7f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb72a {
  color: #ebb72a;
}
Background
.bg-ebb72a {
  background-color: #ebb72a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb72a {
  border: 2px solid #ebb72a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb72a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 183 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 83% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb72a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb72a, #bfeb2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb72a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 183 42 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.86 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.42 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.93 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.02 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.86 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.89 #1448d5 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb72a  rgb(235, 183, 42)  hsl(44, 83%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#2a5eeb  rgb(42, 94, 235)  hsl(224, 83%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2aebb7  rgb(42, 235, 183)  hsl(164, 83%, 54%)  Aquamarine
#b72aeb  rgb(183, 42, 235)  hsl(284, 83%, 54%)  Electric Purple