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#EBBB46

#ebbb46 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebbb46 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 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.43% magenta, 70.21% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 42.55°, with 80.49% saturation and 59.8% 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 11.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.52.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5365

Complementary

  1. #ebbb46
  2. #4676eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebbb46
  2. #46c8eb
  3. #6846eb

Analogous

  1. #eb6846
  2. #ebbb46
  3. #c8eb46

Triadic

  1. #ebbb46
  2. #46ebbb
  3. #bb46eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebbb46
  2. #76eb46
  3. #4676eb
  4. #bb46eb

Square

  1. #ebbb46
  2. #46eb68
  3. #4676eb
  4. #eb46c8

Monochromatic

  1. #89660f
  2. #ce9916
  3. #ebbb46
  4. #f2d48b
  5. #faeed0

Shades

#ebbb46 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebbb46
  2. #d4a83f
  3. #bc9638
  4. #a58331
  5. #8d702a
  6. #765e23
  7. #5e4b1c
  8. #473815
  9. #2f250e
  10. #181307
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebbb46 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebbb46
  2. #edc259
  3. #efc96b
  4. #f1cf7e
  5. #f3d690
  6. #f5dda3
  7. #f7e4b5
  8. #f9ebc8
  9. #fbf1da
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebbb46 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebbb46
  2. #e0b54c
  3. #d6af52
  4. #cba957
  5. #c0a35d
  6. #b69e63
  7. #ab9869
  8. #a0926f
  9. #958c74
  10. #8b867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bf9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1ba36 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc74b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feaba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcba3d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2c249 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b287 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebbb46 {
  color: #ebbb46;
}
Background
.bg-ebbb46 {
  background-color: #ebbb46;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebbb46 {
  border: 2px solid #ebbb46;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebbb46;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 187 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebbb46 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebbb46, #c8eb46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebbb46 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 187 70 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.52 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.76 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.17 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.32 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.36 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.36 #1444b9 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebbb46  rgb(235, 187, 70)  hsl(43, 80%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#4676eb  rgb(70, 118, 235)  hsl(223, 80%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#46ebbb  rgb(70, 235, 187)  hsl(163, 80%, 60%)  Aquamarine
#bb46eb  rgb(187, 70, 235)  hsl(283, 80%, 60%)  Medium Orchid