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#EBBB2E

#ebbb2e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebbb2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 73.33% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.43% magenta, 80.43% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 44.76°, 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 11.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.85.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.534

Complementary

  1. #ebbb2e
  2. #2e5eeb

Split complementary

  1. #ebbb2e
  2. #2ebdeb
  3. #5d2eeb

Analogous

  1. #eb5d2e
  2. #ebbb2e
  3. #bdeb2e

Triadic

  1. #ebbb2e
  2. #2eebbb
  3. #bb2eeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebbb2e
  2. #5eeb2e
  3. #2e5eeb
  4. #bb2eeb

Square

  1. #ebbb2e
  2. #2eeb5d
  3. #2e5eeb
  4. #eb2ebd

Monochromatic

  1. #755a0b
  2. #bb9012
  3. #ebbb2e
  4. #f2d274
  5. #f8e8ba

Shades

#ebbb2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebbb2e
  2. #d4a829
  3. #bc9625
  4. #a58320
  5. #8d701c
  6. #765e17
  7. #5e4b12
  8. #47380e
  9. #2f2509
  10. #181305
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebbb2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebbb2e
  2. #edc243
  3. #efc958
  4. #f1cf6d
  5. #f3d682
  6. #f5dd97
  7. #f7e4ab
  8. #f9ebc0
  9. #fbf1d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebbb2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebbb2e
  2. #e0b536
  3. #d6af3e
  4. #cba947
  5. #c0a34f
  6. #b69e57
  7. #ab985f
  8. #a09267
  9. #958c70
  10. #8b8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bf9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba05 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc737 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaaa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcba1c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c234 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b182 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebbb2e {
  color: #ebbb2e;
}
Background
.bg-ebbb2e {
  background-color: #ebbb2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebbb2e {
  border: 2px solid #ebbb2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebbb2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 187 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebbb2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebbb2e, #bdeb2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebbb2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 187 46 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.85 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.32 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.68 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.05 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.31 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.39 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.72 #1444d1 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebbb2e  rgb(235, 187, 46)  hsl(45, 83%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2e5eeb  rgb(46, 94, 235)  hsl(225, 83%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2eebbb  rgb(46, 235, 187)  hsl(165, 83%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#bb2eeb  rgb(187, 46, 235)  hsl(285, 83%, 55%)  Electric Purple