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#EBB72B

#ebb72b ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebb72b 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 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.13% magenta, 81.7% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 43.75°, with 82.76% saturation and 54.51% 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 1.82.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.517

Complementary

  1. #ebb72b
  2. #2b5feb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb72b
  2. #2bbfeb
  3. #572beb

Analogous

  1. #eb572b
  2. #ebb72b
  3. #bfeb2b

Triadic

  1. #ebb72b
  2. #2bebb7
  3. #b72beb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb72b
  2. #5feb2b
  3. #2b5feb
  4. #b72beb

Square

  1. #ebb72b
  2. #2beb57
  3. #2b5feb
  4. #eb2bbf

Monochromatic

  1. #72560b
  2. #b88b11
  3. #ebb72b
  4. #f2cf71
  5. #f8e6b7

Shades

#ebb72b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb72b
  2. #d4a527
  3. #bc9222
  4. #a5801e
  5. #8d6e1a
  6. #765c16
  7. #5e4911
  8. #47370d
  9. #2f2509
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb72b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb72b
  2. #edbe40
  3. #efc555
  4. #f1cd6b
  5. #f3d480
  6. #f5db95
  7. #f7e2aa
  8. #f9e9bf
  9. #fbf1d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb72b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb72b
  2. #e0b234
  3. #d6ac3c
  4. #cba745
  5. #c0a14d
  6. #b69c56
  7. #ab965e
  8. #a09167
  9. #958b6f
  10. #8b8678
  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 #dbc434 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa69d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab718 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bf30 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7ad7f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb72b {
  color: #ebb72b;
}
Background
.bg-ebb72b {
  background-color: #ebb72b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb72b {
  border: 2px solid #ebb72b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb72b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 183 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb72b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb72b, #bfeb2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb72b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 183 43 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.82 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.44 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.97 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.05 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.35 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.85 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.88 #1448d4 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb72b  rgb(235, 183, 43)  hsl(44, 83%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2b5feb  rgb(43, 95, 235)  hsl(224, 83%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2bebb7  rgb(43, 235, 183)  hsl(164, 83%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#b72beb  rgb(183, 43, 235)  hsl(284, 83%, 55%)  Electric Purple