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#EBBD42

#ebbd42 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebbd42 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 74.12% green and 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.57% magenta, 71.91% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 43.67°, with 80.86% saturation and 59.02% 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 11.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.53.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5445

Complementary

  1. #ebbd42
  2. #4270eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebbd42
  2. #42c4eb
  3. #6942eb

Analogous

  1. #eb6942
  2. #ebbd42
  3. #c4eb42

Triadic

  1. #ebbd42
  2. #42ebbd
  3. #bd42eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebbd42
  2. #70eb42
  3. #4270eb
  4. #bd42eb

Square

  1. #ebbd42
  2. #42eb69
  3. #4270eb
  4. #eb42c4

Monochromatic

  1. #86650e
  2. #cb9a15
  3. #ebbd42
  4. #f2d587
  5. #faedcc

Shades

#ebbd42 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebbd42
  2. #d4aa3b
  3. #bc9735
  4. #a5842e
  5. #8d7128
  6. #765f21
  7. #5e4c1a
  8. #473914
  9. #2f260d
  10. #181307
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebbd42 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebbd42
  2. #edc455
  3. #efca68
  4. #f1d17b
  5. #f3d78e
  6. #f5dea1
  7. #f7e5b3
  8. #f9ebc6
  9. #fbf2d9
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebbd42 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebbd42
  2. #e0b748
  3. #d6b14e
  4. #cbab55
  5. #c0a55b
  6. #b69f61
  7. #ab9867
  8. #a0926d
  9. #958c74
  10. #8b867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4c19f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bc30 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec848 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feada4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbc38 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c446 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b388 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebbd42 {
  color: #ebbd42;
}
Background
.bg-ebbd42 {
  background-color: #ebbd42;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebbd42 {
  border: 2px solid #ebbd42;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebbd42;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 189 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 81% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebbd42 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebbd42, #c4eb42);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebbd42 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 189 66 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.53 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.84 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.68 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.69 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.91 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.17 #1442bd Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebbd42  rgb(235, 189, 66)  hsl(44, 81%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#4270eb  rgb(66, 112, 235)  hsl(224, 81%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#42ebbd  rgb(66, 235, 189)  hsl(164, 81%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#bd42eb  rgb(189, 66, 235)  hsl(284, 81%, 59%)  Medium Orchid