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#ECB20A

#ecb20a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb20a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 69.8% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.58% magenta, 95.76% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.6°, with 91.87% saturation and 48.24% 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 10.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.497

Complementary

  1. #ecb20a
  2. #0a44ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb20a
  2. #0ab5ec
  3. #410aec

Analogous

  1. #ec410a
  2. #ecb20a
  3. #b5ec0a

Triadic

  1. #ecb20a
  2. #0aecb2
  3. #b20aec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb20a
  2. #44ec0a
  3. #0a44ec
  4. #b20aec

Square

  1. #ecb20a
  2. #0aec41
  3. #0a44ec
  4. #ec0ab5

Monochromatic

  1. #594304
  2. #a37b07
  3. #ecb20a
  4. #f7cb4b
  5. #fae095

Shades

#ecb20a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb20a
  2. #d4a009
  3. #bd8e08
  4. #a57d07
  5. #8e6b06
  6. #765905
  7. #5e4704
  8. #473503
  9. #2f2402
  10. #181201
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb20a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb20a
  2. #eeba23
  3. #f0c13b
  4. #f2c954
  5. #f4d16c
  6. #f6d985
  7. #f7e09d
  8. #f9e8b6
  9. #fbf0ce
  10. #fdf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb20a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb20a
  2. #e1ad16
  3. #d6a822
  4. #cca32d
  5. #c19e39
  6. #b69945
  7. #ab9451
  8. #a08f5d
  9. #968a68
  10. #8b8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0b795 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c11d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9f98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bb17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9a778 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb20a {
  color: #ecb20a;
}
Background
.bg-ecb20a {
  background-color: #ecb20a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb20a {
  border: 2px solid #ecb20a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb20a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 178 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 92% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb20a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb20a, #b5ec0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb20a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 178 10 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.56 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.84 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.27 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.29 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.70 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.89 #134df5 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb20a  rgb(236, 178, 10)  hsl(45, 92%, 48%)  Meat Brown
#0a44ec  rgb(10, 68, 236)  hsl(225, 92%, 48%)  Iris
#0aecb2  rgb(10, 236, 178)  hsl(165, 92%, 48%)  Aquamarine
#b20aec  rgb(178, 10, 236)  hsl(285, 92%, 48%)  Electric Purple