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#EBC04E

#ebc04e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebc04e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 75.29% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.3% magenta, 66.81% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 43.57°, 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 12.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.48.

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Relative luminance0.5591

Complementary

  1. #ebc04e
  2. #4e79eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebc04e
  2. #4ec7eb
  3. #714eeb

Analogous

  1. #eb714e
  2. #ebc04e
  3. #c7eb4e

Triadic

  1. #ebc04e
  2. #4eebc0
  3. #c04eeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebc04e
  2. #79eb4e
  3. #4e79eb
  4. #c04eeb

Square

  1. #ebc04e
  2. #4eeb71
  3. #4e79eb
  4. #eb4ec7

Monochromatic

  1. #906d10
  2. #d4a118
  3. #ebc04e
  4. #f3d893
  5. #fbf1d7

Shades

#ebc04e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebc04e
  2. #d4ad46
  3. #bc9a3e
  4. #a58637
  5. #8d732f
  6. #766027
  7. #5e4d1f
  8. #473a17
  9. #2f2610
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebc04e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebc04e
  2. #edc660
  3. #efcd71
  4. #f1d383
  5. #f3d995
  6. #f5e0a7
  7. #f7e6b8
  8. #f9ecca
  9. #fbf2dc
  10. #fdf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebc04e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebc04e
  2. #e0ba53
  3. #d6b358
  4. #cbad5d
  5. #c0a662
  6. #b6a067
  7. #ab9a6c
  8. #a09371
  9. #958d76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c3a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5be40 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfca53 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feb0a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #debf46 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c651 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6b78d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebc04e {
  color: #ebc04e;
}
Background
.bg-ebc04e {
  background-color: #ebc04e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebc04e {
  border: 2px solid #ebc04e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebc04e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 192 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 80% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebc04e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebc04e, #c7eb4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebc04e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 192 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.48 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.41 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.05 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.58 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.68 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.71 #143fb1 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebc04e  rgb(235, 192, 78)  hsl(44, 80%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#4e79eb  rgb(78, 121, 235)  hsl(224, 80%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#4eebc0  rgb(78, 235, 192)  hsl(164, 80%, 61%)  Aquamarine
#c04eeb  rgb(192, 78, 235)  hsl(284, 80%, 61%)  Medium Orchid