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#ECB425

#ecb425 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb425 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 14.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.73% magenta, 84.32% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.12°, with 83.97% saturation and 53.53% 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 11.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.68.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5061

Complementary

  1. #ecb425
  2. #255dec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb425
  2. #25c0ec
  3. #5125ec

Analogous

  1. #ec5125
  2. #ecb425
  3. #c0ec25

Triadic

  1. #ecb425
  2. #25ecb4
  3. #b425ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb425
  2. #5dec25
  3. #255dec
  4. #b425ec

Square

  1. #ecb425
  2. #25ec51
  3. #255dec
  4. #ec25c0

Monochromatic

  1. #6e520a
  2. #b58610
  3. #ecb425
  4. #f2cc6b
  5. #f8e4b2

Shades

#ecb425 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb425
  2. #d4a221
  3. #bd901e
  4. #a57e1a
  5. #8e6c16
  6. #765a13
  7. #5e480f
  8. #47360b
  9. #2f2407
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb425 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb425
  2. #eebc3b
  3. #f0c351
  4. #f2cb66
  5. #f4d27c
  6. #f6da92
  7. #f7e1a8
  8. #f9e9be
  9. #fbf0d3
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb425 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb425
  2. #e1af2e
  3. #d6aa37
  4. #cca440
  5. #c19f49
  6. #b69a53
  7. #ab955c
  8. #a09065
  9. #968a6e
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1b997 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c32e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa29a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab40d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bd2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9aa7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb425 {
  color: #ecb425;
}
Background
.bg-ecb425 {
  background-color: #ecb425;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb425 {
  border: 2px solid #ecb425;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb425;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 180 37;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 84% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb425 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb425, #c0ec25);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb425 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 180 37 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.68 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.96 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.29 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.32 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.41 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.42 #134bda Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb425  rgb(236, 180, 37)  hsl(43, 84%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#255dec  rgb(37, 93, 236)  hsl(223, 84%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#25ecb4  rgb(37, 236, 180)  hsl(163, 84%, 54%)  Aquamarine
#b425ec  rgb(180, 37, 236)  hsl(283, 84%, 54%)  Electric Purple