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#EBBC48

#ebbc48 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebbc48 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 73.73% green and 28.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 69.36% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 42.7°, with 80.3% saturation and 60.2% 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 11.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.64.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.541

Complementary

  1. #ebbc48
  2. #4877eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebbc48
  2. #48c9eb
  3. #6b48eb

Analogous

  1. #eb6b48
  2. #ebbc48
  3. #c9eb48

Triadic

  1. #ebbc48
  2. #48ebbc
  3. #bc48eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebbc48
  2. #77eb48
  3. #4877eb
  4. #bc48eb

Square

  1. #ebbc48
  2. #48eb6b
  3. #4877eb
  4. #eb48c9

Monochromatic

  1. #8b670f
  2. #d09a17
  3. #ebbc48
  4. #f3d58d
  5. #faefd2

Shades

#ebbc48 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebbc48
  2. #d4a941
  3. #bc963a
  4. #a58432
  5. #8d712b
  6. #765e24
  7. #5e4b1d
  8. #473816
  9. #2f260e
  10. #181307
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebbc48 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebbc48
  2. #edc35a
  3. #efc96d
  4. #f1d07f
  5. #f3d791
  6. #f5dea4
  7. #f7e4b6
  8. #f9ebc8
  9. #fbf2da
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebbc48 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebbc48
  2. #e0b64e
  3. #d6b053
  4. #cbaa59
  5. #c0a45e
  6. #b69e64
  7. #ab986a
  8. #a0926f
  9. #958c75
  10. #8b867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4c0a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2bb39 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc74d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feaca4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbb3f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c34b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b389 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebbc48 {
  color: #ebbc48;
}
Background
.bg-ebbc48 {
  background-color: #ebbc48;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebbc48 {
  border: 2px solid #ebbc48;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebbc48;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 188 72;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebbc48 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebbc48, #c9eb48);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebbc48 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 188 72 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.64 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.79 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.24 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.26 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.42 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.47 #1443b7 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebbc48  rgb(235, 188, 72)  hsl(43, 80%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#4877eb  rgb(72, 119, 235)  hsl(223, 80%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#48ebbc  rgb(72, 235, 188)  hsl(163, 80%, 60%)  Aquamarine
#bc48eb  rgb(188, 72, 235)  hsl(283, 80%, 60%)  Medium Orchid