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#ECB409

#ecb409 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb409 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 70.59% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.73% magenta, 96.19% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 45.2°, with 92.65% saturation and 48.04% 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 11.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.28.

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Relative luminance0.505

Complementary

  1. #ecb409
  2. #0941ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb409
  2. #09b2ec
  3. #4309ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4309
  2. #ecb409
  3. #b2ec09

Triadic

  1. #ecb409
  2. #09ecb4
  3. #b409ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb409
  2. #41ec09
  3. #0941ec
  4. #b409ec

Square

  1. #ecb409
  2. #09ec43
  3. #0941ec
  4. #ec09b2

Monochromatic

  1. #594403
  2. #a27c06
  3. #ecb409
  4. #f8cd49
  5. #fbe193

Shades

#ecb409 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb409
  2. #d4a208
  3. #bd9007
  4. #a57e06
  5. #8e6c05
  6. #765a05
  7. #5e4804
  8. #473603
  9. #2f2402
  10. #181201
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb409 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb409
  2. #eebc22
  3. #f0c33a
  4. #f2cb53
  5. #f4d26b
  6. #f6da84
  7. #f7e19d
  8. #f9e9b5
  9. #fbf0ce
  10. #fdf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb409 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb409
  2. #e1af15
  3. #d6aa21
  4. #cca42d
  5. #c19f39
  6. #b69a45
  7. #ab9550
  8. #a0905c
  9. #968a68
  10. #8b8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1b996 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac21d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bd17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9a97a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb409 {
  color: #ecb409;
}
Background
.bg-ecb409 {
  background-color: #ecb409;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb409 {
  border: 2px solid #ecb409;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb409;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 180 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb409 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb409, #b2ec09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb409 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 180 9 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.28 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.61 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.77 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.22 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.24 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.69 #134bf6 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb409  rgb(236, 180, 9)  hsl(45, 93%, 48%)  Meat Brown
#0941ec  rgb(9, 65, 236)  hsl(225, 93%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#09ecb4  rgb(9, 236, 180)  hsl(165, 93%, 48%)  Aquamarine
#b409ec  rgb(180, 9, 236)  hsl(285, 93%, 48%)  Electric Purple