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#ECB42E

#ecb42e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecb42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 70.59% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.73% magenta, 80.51% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 42.32°, with 83.33% saturation and 55.29% 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 11.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.57.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5067

Complementary

  1. #ecb42e
  2. #2e66ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb42e
  2. #2ec5ec
  3. #552eec

Analogous

  1. #ec552e
  2. #ecb42e
  3. #c5ec2e

Triadic

  1. #ecb42e
  2. #2eecb4
  3. #b42eec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb42e
  2. #66ec2e
  3. #2e66ec
  4. #b42eec

Square

  1. #ecb42e
  2. #2eec55
  3. #2e66ec
  4. #ec2ec5

Monochromatic

  1. #76570b
  2. #bc8a11
  3. #ecb42e
  4. #f2cd74
  5. #f9e6ba

Shades

#ecb42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb42e
  2. #d4a229
  3. #bd9025
  4. #a57e20
  5. #8e6c1c
  6. #765a17
  7. #5e4812
  8. #47360e
  9. #2f2409
  10. #181205
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb42e
  2. #eebc43
  3. #f0c358
  4. #f2cb6d
  5. #f4d282
  6. #f6da97
  7. #f7e1ab
  8. #f9e9c0
  9. #fbf0d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb42e
  2. #e1af36
  3. #d6aa3e
  4. #cca447
  5. #c19f4f
  6. #b69a57
  7. #ab955f
  8. #a09067
  9. #968a70
  10. #8b8578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1b998 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb40c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c335 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b41e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bd33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9aa7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb42e {
  color: #ecb42e;
}
Background
.bg-ecb42e {
  background-color: #ecb42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb42e {
  border: 2px solid #ecb42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 180 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb42e, #c5ec2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 180 46 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.57 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.22 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.29 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.67 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.74 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.05 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.40 #134bd1 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb42e  rgb(236, 180, 46)  hsl(42, 83%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2e66ec  rgb(46, 102, 236)  hsl(222, 83%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#2eecb4  rgb(46, 236, 180)  hsl(162, 83%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#b42eec  rgb(180, 46, 236)  hsl(282, 83%, 55%)  Electric Purple