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#ECB248

#ecb248 ≈ Meat Brown

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecb248 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 69.8% green and 28.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.58% magenta, 69.49% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 38.78°, with 81.19% saturation and 60.39% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.56.

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Relative luminance0.5014

Complementary

  1. #ecb248
  2. #4882ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb248
  2. #48d4ec
  3. #6048ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6048
  2. #ecb248
  3. #d4ec48

Triadic

  1. #ecb248
  2. #48ecb2
  3. #b248ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb248
  2. #82ec48
  3. #4882ec
  4. #b248ec

Square

  1. #ecb248
  2. #48ec60
  3. #4882ec
  4. #ec48d4

Monochromatic

  1. #8c600f
  2. #d28f16
  3. #ecb248
  4. #f3cf8d
  5. #faecd3

Shades

#ecb248 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb248
  2. #d4a041
  3. #bd8e3a
  4. #a57d32
  5. #8e6b2b
  6. #765924
  7. #5e471d
  8. #473516
  9. #2f240e
  10. #181207
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb248 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb248
  2. #eeba5a
  3. #f0c16d
  4. #f2c97f
  5. #f4d191
  6. #f6d9a4
  7. #f7e0b6
  8. #f9e8c8
  9. #fbf0da
  10. #fdf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb248 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb248
  2. #e1ad4e
  3. #d6a853
  4. #cca359
  5. #c19e5e
  6. #b69964
  7. #ab946a
  8. #a08f6f
  9. #968a75
  10. #8b857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1b89b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b33b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c24c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa19c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8b340 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfbc4a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8a882 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb248 {
  color: #ecb248;
}
Background
.bg-ecb248 {
  background-color: #ecb248;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb248 {
  border: 2px solid #ecb248;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb248;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 178 72;
  --color-primary-hsl: 39 81% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb248 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb248, #d4ec48);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb248 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 178 72 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.56 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 4.62 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 4.84 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.89 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.03 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 5.72 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.56 #134db7 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb248  rgb(236, 178, 72)  hsl(39, 81%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#4882ec  rgb(72, 130, 236)  hsl(219, 81%, 60%)  United Nations Blue
#48ecb2  rgb(72, 236, 178)  hsl(159, 81%, 60%)  Aquamarine
#b248ec  rgb(178, 72, 236)  hsl(279, 81%, 60%)  Electric Purple