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#EBB72D

#ebb72d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebb72d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 71.76% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.13% magenta, 80.85% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 43.58°, with 82.61% saturation and 54.9% 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 1.74.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5172

Complementary

  1. #ebb72d
  2. #2d61eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebb72d
  2. #2dc0eb
  3. #582deb

Analogous

  1. #eb582d
  2. #ebb72d
  3. #c0eb2d

Triadic

  1. #ebb72d
  2. #2debb7
  3. #b72deb

Tetradic

  1. #ebb72d
  2. #61eb2d
  3. #2d61eb
  4. #b72deb

Square

  1. #ebb72d
  2. #2deb58
  3. #2d61eb
  4. #eb2dc0

Monochromatic

  1. #74570b
  2. #ba8c12
  3. #ebb72d
  4. #f2cf73
  5. #f8e7b9

Shades

#ebb72d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebb72d
  2. #d4a529
  3. #bc9224
  4. #a58020
  5. #8d6e1b
  6. #765c17
  7. #5e4912
  8. #47370e
  9. #2f2509
  10. #181205
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebb72d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebb72d
  2. #edbe42
  3. #efc557
  4. #f1cd6c
  5. #f3d481
  6. #f5db96
  7. #f7e2ab
  8. #f9e9c0
  9. #fbf1d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebb72d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebb72d
  2. #e0b235
  3. #d6ac3e
  4. #cba746
  5. #c0a14e
  6. #b69c57
  7. #ab965f
  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 #ceb605 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc435 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa69d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab71c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bf32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7ad80 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebb72d {
  color: #ebb72d;
}
Background
.bg-ebb72d {
  background-color: #ebb72d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebb72d {
  border: 2px solid #ebb72d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebb72d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 183 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebb72d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebb72d, #c0eb2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebb72d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 183 45 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.74 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.49 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.06 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.11 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.43 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.83 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.85 #1448d2 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebb72d  rgb(235, 183, 45)  hsl(44, 83%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2d61eb  rgb(45, 97, 235)  hsl(224, 83%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#2debb7  rgb(45, 235, 183)  hsl(164, 83%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#b72deb  rgb(183, 45, 235)  hsl(284, 83%, 55%)  Electric Purple