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#ECB221

#ecb221 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb221 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 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.58% magenta, 86.02% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 42.86°, with 84.23% saturation and 52.75% 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 10.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.21.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4978

Complementary

  1. #ecb221
  2. #215bec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb221
  2. #21c0ec
  3. #4d21ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4d21
  2. #ecb221
  3. #c0ec21

Triadic

  1. #ecb221
  2. #21ecb2
  3. #b221ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb221
  2. #5bec21
  3. #215bec
  4. #b221ec

Square

  1. #ecb221
  2. #21ec4d
  3. #215bec
  4. #ec21c0

Monochromatic

  1. #6b4f09
  2. #b1830f
  3. #ecb221
  4. #f2ca67
  5. #f8e3ae

Shades

#ecb221 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb221
  2. #d4a01e
  3. #bd8e1a
  4. #a57d17
  5. #8e6b14
  6. #765911
  7. #5e470d
  8. #47350a
  9. #2f2407
  10. #181203
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb221 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb221
  2. #eeba37
  3. #f0c14d
  4. #f2c964
  5. #f4d17a
  6. #f6d990
  7. #f7e0a6
  8. #f9e8bc
  9. #fbf0d3
  10. #fdf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb221 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb221
  2. #e1ad2b
  3. #d6a834
  4. #cca33e
  5. #c19e47
  6. #b69951
  7. #ab945a
  8. #a08f64
  9. #968a6d
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1b896 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c12b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa099 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b203 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0bb27 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9a77a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb221 {
  color: #ecb221;
}
Background
.bg-ecb221 {
  background-color: #ecb221;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb221 {
  border: 2px solid #ecb221;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb221;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 178 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb221 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb221, #c0ec21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb221 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 178 33 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.21 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.98 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.16 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.72 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.04 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.08 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.73 #134dde Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb221  rgb(236, 178, 33)  hsl(43, 84%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#215bec  rgb(33, 91, 236)  hsl(223, 84%, 53%)  Ultramarine Blue
#21ecb2  rgb(33, 236, 178)  hsl(163, 84%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#b221ec  rgb(178, 33, 236)  hsl(283, 84%, 53%)  Electric Purple