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#ECB214

#ecb214 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb214 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 7.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.58% magenta, 91.53% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.89°, with 85.04% saturation and 50.2% 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 3.41.

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Relative luminance0.4972

Complementary

  1. #ecb214
  2. #144eec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb214
  2. #14baec
  3. #4614ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4614
  2. #ecb214
  3. #baec14

Triadic

  1. #ecb214
  2. #14ecb2
  3. #b214ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb214
  2. #4eec14
  3. #144eec
  4. #b214ec

Square

  1. #ecb214
  2. #14ec46
  3. #144eec
  4. #ec14ba

Monochromatic

  1. #5f4808
  2. #a67d0d
  3. #ecb214
  4. #f2c95b
  5. #f7e0a2

Shades

#ecb214 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb214
  2. #d4a012
  3. #bd8e10
  4. #a57d0e
  5. #8e6b0c
  6. #76590a
  7. #5e4708
  8. #473506
  9. #2f2404
  10. #181202
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb214 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb214
  2. #eeba2c
  3. #f0c143
  4. #f2c95b
  5. #f4d172
  6. #f6d98a
  7. #f7e0a1
  8. #f9e8b9
  9. #fbf0d0
  10. #fdf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb214 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb214
  2. #e1ad1f
  3. #d6a82a
  4. #cca334
  5. #c19e3f
  6. #b6994a
  7. #ab9455
  8. #a08f60
  9. #968a6a
  10. #8b8575
  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 #d0b895 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c122 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa098 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bb1d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9a779 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb214 {
  color: #ecb214;
}
Background
.bg-ecb214 {
  background-color: #ecb214;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb214 {
  border: 2px solid #ecb214;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb214;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 178 20;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 85% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb214 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb214, #baec14);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb214 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 178 20 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.41 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.92 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.16 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.39 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.80 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.89 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.82 #134deb Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb214  rgb(236, 178, 20)  hsl(44, 85%, 50%)  Meat Brown
#144eec  rgb(20, 78, 236)  hsl(224, 85%, 50%)  Iris
#14ecb2  rgb(20, 236, 178)  hsl(164, 85%, 50%)  Aquamarine
#b214ec  rgb(178, 20, 236)  hsl(284, 85%, 50%)  Electric Purple