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#ECB124

#ecb124 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb124 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 69.41% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 84.75% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 42.3°, with 84.03% saturation and 53.33% 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 10.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.45.

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Relative luminance0.494

Complementary

  1. #ecb124
  2. #245fec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb124
  2. #24c3ec
  3. #4d24ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4d24
  2. #ecb124
  3. #c3ec24

Triadic

  1. #ecb124
  2. #24ecb1
  3. #b124ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb124
  2. #5fec24
  3. #245fec
  4. #b124ec

Square

  1. #ecb124
  2. #24ec4d
  3. #245fec
  4. #ec24c3

Monochromatic

  1. #6d500a
  2. #b48310
  3. #ecb124
  4. #f2ca6a
  5. #f8e3b1

Shades

#ecb124 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb124
  2. #d49f20
  3. #bd8e1d
  4. #a57c19
  5. #8e6a16
  6. #765912
  7. #5e470e
  8. #47350b
  9. #2f2307
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb124 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb124
  2. #eeb93a
  3. #f0c150
  4. #f2c866
  5. #f4d07c
  6. #f6d892
  7. #f7e0a7
  8. #f9e8bd
  9. #fbefd3
  10. #fdf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb124 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb124
  2. #e1ac2d
  3. #d6a736
  4. #cca240
  5. #c19d49
  6. #b69952
  7. #ab945b
  8. #a08f64
  9. #968a6e
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0b796 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c12d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9f98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8b10c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0bb2a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9a67a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb124 {
  color: #ecb124;
}
Background
.bg-ecb124 {
  background-color: #ecb124;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb124 {
  border: 2px solid #ecb124;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb124;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 177 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb124 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb124, #c3ec24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb124 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 177 36 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.45 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.81 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.45 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.12 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.33 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.45 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.46 #134edb Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb124  rgb(236, 177, 36)  hsl(42, 84%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#245fec  rgb(36, 95, 236)  hsl(222, 84%, 53%)  Ultramarine Blue
#24ecb1  rgb(36, 236, 177)  hsl(162, 84%, 53%)  Medium Spring Green
#b124ec  rgb(177, 36, 236)  hsl(282, 84%, 53%)  Electric Purple