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#ECB501

#ecb501 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb501 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 70.98% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.31% magenta, 99.58% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 45.96°, with 99.16% saturation and 46.47% 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 11.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.33.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5088

Complementary

  1. #ecb501
  2. #0138ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb501
  2. #01adec
  3. #4001ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4001
  2. #ecb501
  3. #adec01

Triadic

  1. #ecb501
  2. #01ecb5
  3. #b501ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb501
  2. #38ec01
  3. #0138ec
  4. #b501ec

Square

  1. #ecb501
  2. #01ec40
  3. #0138ec
  4. #ec01ad

Monochromatic

  1. #544000
  2. #a07b01
  3. #ecb501
  4. #fed13b
  5. #fee388

Shades

#ecb501 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb501
  2. #d4a301
  3. #bd9101
  4. #a57f01
  5. #8e6d01
  6. #765b01
  7. #5e4800
  8. #473600
  9. #2f2400
  10. #181200
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb501 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb501
  2. #eebc1a
  3. #f0c434
  4. #f2cb4d
  5. #f4d367
  6. #f6da80
  7. #f7e199
  8. #f9e9b3
  9. #fbf0cc
  10. #fdf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb501 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb501
  2. #e1b00e
  3. #d6aa1a
  4. #cca527
  5. #c1a034
  6. #b69b41
  7. #ab954d
  8. #a0905a
  9. #968b67
  10. #8b8573
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1ba96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc31a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa39a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2be12 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9aa7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb501 {
  color: #ecb501;
}
Background
.bg-ecb501 {
  background-color: #ecb501;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb501 {
  border: 2px solid #ecb501;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb501;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 181 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb501 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb501, #adec01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb501 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 181 1 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.33 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.50 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.54 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.93 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.01 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.05 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.58 #134afe Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb501  rgb(236, 181, 1)  hsl(46, 99%, 46%)  Meat Brown
#0138ec  rgb(1, 56, 236)  hsl(226, 99%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#01ecb5  rgb(1, 236, 181)  hsl(166, 99%, 46%)  Aquamarine
#b501ec  rgb(181, 1, 236)  hsl(286, 99%, 46%)  Electric Purple