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#ECB236

#ecb236 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecb236 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 69.8% green and 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.58% magenta, 77.12% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 40.88°, with 82.73% saturation and 56.86% 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 10.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.35.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4994

Complementary

  1. #ecb236
  2. #3670ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb236
  2. #36cbec
  3. #5736ec

Analogous

  1. #ec5736
  2. #ecb236
  3. #cbec36

Triadic

  1. #ecb236
  2. #36ecb2
  3. #b236ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb236
  2. #70ec36
  3. #3670ec
  4. #b236ec

Square

  1. #ecb236
  2. #36ec57
  3. #3670ec
  4. #ec36cb

Monochromatic

  1. #7d590c
  2. #c38b12
  3. #ecb236
  4. #f3cd7c
  5. #f9e8c2

Shades

#ecb236 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb236
  2. #d4a031
  3. #bd8e2b
  4. #a57d26
  5. #8e6b20
  6. #76591b
  7. #5e4716
  8. #473510
  9. #2f240b
  10. #181205
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb236 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb236
  2. #eeba4a
  3. #f0c15e
  4. #f2c972
  5. #f4d186
  6. #f6d99b
  7. #f7e0af
  8. #f9e8c3
  9. #fbf0d7
  10. #fdf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb236 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb236
  2. #e1ad3d
  3. #d6a845
  4. #cca34c
  5. #c19e54
  6. #b6995b
  7. #ab9462
  8. #a08f6a
  9. #968a71
  10. #8b8579
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1b898 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab320 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c13c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa19a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8b22a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0bb3a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8a87e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb236 {
  color: #ecb236;
}
Background
.bg-ecb236 {
  background-color: #ecb236;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb236 {
  border: 2px solid #ecb236;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb236;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 178 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb236 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb236, #cbec36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb236 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 178 54 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.35 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.05 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.08 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.13 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.78 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.80 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.82 #134dc9 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb236  rgb(236, 178, 54)  hsl(41, 83%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#3670ec  rgb(54, 112, 236)  hsl(221, 83%, 57%)  Brandeis Blue
#36ecb2  rgb(54, 236, 178)  hsl(161, 83%, 57%)  Aquamarine
#b236ec  rgb(178, 54, 236)  hsl(281, 83%, 57%)  Electric Purple