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#EBBB4E

#ebbb4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebbb4e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.43% magenta, 66.81% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 41.66°, with 79.7% saturation and 61.37% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.26.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5375

Complementary

  1. #ebbb4e
  2. #4e7eeb

Split complementary

  1. #ebbb4e
  2. #4ecceb
  3. #6c4eeb

Analogous

  1. #eb6c4e
  2. #ebbb4e
  3. #cceb4e

Triadic

  1. #ebbb4e
  2. #4eebbb
  3. #bb4eeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebbb4e
  2. #7eeb4e
  3. #4e7eeb
  4. #bb4eeb

Square

  1. #ebbb4e
  2. #4eeb6c
  3. #4e7eeb
  4. #eb4ecc

Monochromatic

  1. #906910
  2. #d49b18
  3. #ebbb4e
  4. #f3d593
  5. #fbf0d7

Shades

#ebbb4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebbb4e
  2. #d4a846
  3. #bc963e
  4. #a58337
  5. #8d702f
  6. #765e27
  7. #5e4b1f
  8. #473817
  9. #2f2510
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebbb4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebbb4e
  2. #edc260
  3. #efc971
  4. #f1cf83
  5. #f3d695
  6. #f5dda7
  7. #f7e4b8
  8. #f9ebca
  9. #fbf1dc
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebbb4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebbb4e
  2. #e0b553
  3. #d6af58
  4. #cba95d
  5. #c0a362
  6. #b69e67
  7. #ab986c
  8. #a09271
  9. #958c76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bfa0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ba41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc752 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feaba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbb47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2c251 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b28a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebbb4e {
  color: #ebbb4e;
}
Background
.bg-ebbb4e {
  background-color: #ebbb4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebbb4e {
  border: 2px solid #ebbb4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebbb4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 187 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 80% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebbb4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebbb4e, #cceb4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebbb4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 187 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.26 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.52 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.11 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.94 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.95 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.99 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.05 #1444b1 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebbb4e  rgb(235, 187, 78)  hsl(42, 80%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#4e7eeb  rgb(78, 126, 235)  hsl(222, 80%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#4eebbb  rgb(78, 235, 187)  hsl(162, 80%, 61%)  Aquamarine
#bb4eeb  rgb(187, 78, 235)  hsl(282, 80%, 61%)  Medium Orchid