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#EBBA2E

#ebba2e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebba2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 72.94% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.85% magenta, 80.43% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 44.44°, with 82.53% saturation and 55.1% 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 11.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.7.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5298

Complementary

  1. #ebba2e
  2. #2e5feb

Split complementary

  1. #ebba2e
  2. #2ebeeb
  3. #5b2eeb

Analogous

  1. #eb5b2e
  2. #ebba2e
  3. #beeb2e

Triadic

  1. #ebba2e
  2. #2eebba
  3. #ba2eeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebba2e
  2. #5feb2e
  3. #2e5feb
  4. #ba2eeb

Square

  1. #ebba2e
  2. #2eeb5b
  3. #2e5feb
  4. #eb2ebe

Monochromatic

  1. #75590b
  2. #bb8f12
  3. #ebba2e
  4. #f2d174
  5. #f8e8ba

Shades

#ebba2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebba2e
  2. #d4a729
  3. #bc9525
  4. #a58220
  5. #8d701c
  6. #765d17
  7. #5e4a12
  8. #47380e
  9. #2f2509
  10. #181305
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebba2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebba2e
  2. #edc143
  3. #efc858
  4. #f1cf6d
  5. #f3d682
  6. #f5dd97
  7. #f7e3ab
  8. #f9eac0
  9. #fbf1d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebba2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebba2e
  2. #e0b436
  3. #d6ae3e
  4. #cba947
  5. #c0a34f
  6. #b69d57
  7. #ab975f
  8. #a09167
  9. #958c70
  10. #8b8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3be9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b906 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc637 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa9a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb91d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c133 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b082 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebba2e {
  color: #ebba2e;
}
Background
.bg-ebba2e {
  background-color: #ebba2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebba2e {
  border: 2px solid #ebba2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebba2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 186 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebba2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebba2e, #beeb2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebba2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 186 46 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.70 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.59 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.73 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.11 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.21 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.60 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.73 #1445d1 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebba2e  rgb(235, 186, 46)  hsl(44, 83%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2e5feb  rgb(46, 95, 235)  hsl(224, 83%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2eebba  rgb(46, 235, 186)  hsl(164, 83%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#ba2eeb  rgb(186, 46, 235)  hsl(284, 83%, 55%)  Electric Purple