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#EBBC49

#ebbc49 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebbc49 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 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 68.94% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 42.59°, with 80.2% saturation and 60.39% 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 1.72.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5411

Complementary

  1. #ebbc49
  2. #4978eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebbc49
  2. #49c9eb
  3. #6b49eb

Analogous

  1. #eb6b49
  2. #ebbc49
  3. #c9eb49

Triadic

  1. #ebbc49
  2. #49ebbc
  3. #bc49eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebbc49
  2. #78eb49
  3. #4978eb
  4. #bc49eb

Square

  1. #ebbc49
  2. #49eb6b
  3. #4978eb
  4. #eb49c9

Monochromatic

  1. #8c680f
  2. #d19b17
  3. #ebbc49
  4. #f3d58e
  5. #faefd3

Shades

#ebbc49 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebbc49
  2. #d4a942
  3. #bc963a
  4. #a58433
  5. #8d712c
  6. #765e25
  7. #5e4b1d
  8. #473816
  9. #2f260f
  10. #181307
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebbc49 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebbc49
  2. #edc35b
  3. #efc96d
  4. #f1d080
  5. #f3d792
  6. #f5dea4
  7. #f7e4b6
  8. #f9ebc8
  9. #fbf2db
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebbc49 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebbc49
  2. #e0b64f
  3. #d6b054
  4. #cbaa5a
  5. #c0a45f
  6. #b69e65
  7. #ab986a
  8. #a09270
  9. #958c75
  10. #8b867b
  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 #d2bb3a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc74e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feaca4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbb41 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c34c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b389 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebbc49 {
  color: #ebbc49;
}
Background
.bg-ebbc49 {
  background-color: #ebbc49;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebbc49 {
  border: 2px solid #ebbc49;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebbc49;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 188 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebbc49 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebbc49, #c9eb49);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebbc49 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 188 73 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.72 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.82 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.33 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.33 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.50 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.54 #1443b6 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebbc49  rgb(235, 188, 73)  hsl(43, 80%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#4978eb  rgb(73, 120, 235)  hsl(223, 80%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#49ebbc  rgb(73, 235, 188)  hsl(163, 80%, 60%)  Aquamarine
#bc49eb  rgb(188, 73, 235)  hsl(283, 80%, 60%)  Medium Orchid