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#EBC468

#ebc468 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebc468 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 76.86% green and 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.6% magenta, 55.74% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 42.14°, with 76.61% saturation and 66.47% 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 12.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 5.09.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5814

Complementary

  1. #ebc468
  2. #688feb

Split complementary

  1. #ebc468
  2. #68d0eb
  3. #8368eb

Analogous

  1. #eb8368
  2. #ebc468
  3. #d0eb68

Triadic

  1. #ebc468
  2. #68ebc4
  3. #c468eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebc468
  2. #8feb68
  3. #688feb
  4. #c468eb

Square

  1. #ebc468
  2. #68eb83
  3. #688feb
  4. #eb68d0

Monochromatic

  1. #a47a16
  2. #e2aa24
  3. #ebc468
  4. #f4deac
  5. #fdf8ed

Shades

#ebc468 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebc468
  2. #d4b05e
  3. #bc9d53
  4. #a58949
  5. #8d763e
  6. #766234
  7. #5e4e2a
  8. #473b1f
  9. #2f2715
  10. #18140a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebc468 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebc468
  2. #edca77
  3. #efd086
  4. #f1d695
  5. #f3dca4
  6. #f5e2b4
  7. #f7e7c3
  8. #f9edd2
  9. #fbf3e1
  10. #fdf9f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebc468 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebc468
  2. #e0bd6a
  3. #d6b66d
  4. #cbb06f
  5. #c0a972
  6. #b6a274
  7. #ab9b76
  8. #a09479
  9. #958e7b
  10. #8b877e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7c7aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7c360 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0cd6b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fcb6af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfc363 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c96a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6bc98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebc468 {
  color: #ebc468;
}
Background
.bg-ebc468 {
  background-color: #ebc468;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebc468 {
  border: 2px solid #ebc468;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebc468;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 196 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 77% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebc468 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebc468, #d0eb68);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebc468 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 196 104 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.09 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.15 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 6.43 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.76 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.80 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.90 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 7.04 #143b97 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ebc468  rgb(235, 196, 104)  hsl(42, 77%, 66%)  Meat Brown
#688feb  rgb(104, 143, 235)  hsl(222, 77%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#68ebc4  rgb(104, 235, 196)  hsl(162, 77%, 66%)  Aquamarine
#c468eb  rgb(196, 104, 235)  hsl(282, 77%, 66%)  Heliotrope