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#ECB520

#ecb520 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb520 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 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.31% magenta, 86.44% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.82°, with 84.3% saturation and 52.55% 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 11.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.62.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5098

Complementary

  1. #ecb520
  2. #2057ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb520
  2. #20bdec
  3. #4f20ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4f20
  2. #ecb520
  3. #bdec20

Triadic

  1. #ecb520
  2. #20ecb5
  3. #b520ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb520
  2. #57ec20
  3. #2057ec
  4. #b520ec

Square

  1. #ecb520
  2. #20ec4f
  3. #2057ec
  4. #ec20bd

Monochromatic

  1. #6a5009
  2. #b0850f
  3. #ecb520
  4. #f2cc66
  5. #f8e4ad

Shades

#ecb520 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb520
  2. #d4a31d
  3. #bd911a
  4. #a57f16
  5. #8e6d13
  6. #765b10
  7. #5e480d
  8. #47360a
  9. #2f2406
  10. #181203
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb520 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb520
  2. #eebc36
  3. #f0c44d
  4. #f2cb63
  5. #f4d379
  6. #f6da90
  7. #f7e1a6
  8. #f9e9bc
  9. #fbf0d2
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb520 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb520
  2. #e1b02a
  3. #d6aa33
  4. #cca53d
  5. #c1a046
  6. #b69b50
  7. #ab955a
  8. #a09063
  9. #968b6d
  10. #8b8576
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2ba97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac32b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa39b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2be27 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9ab7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb520 {
  color: #ecb520;
}
Background
.bg-ecb520 {
  background-color: #ecb520;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb520 {
  border: 2px solid #ecb520;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb520;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 181 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb520 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb520, #bdec20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb520 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 181 32 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.62 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.74 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.92 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.99 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.33 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.35 #134adf Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb520  rgb(236, 181, 32)  hsl(44, 84%, 53%)  Meat Brown
#2057ec  rgb(32, 87, 236)  hsl(224, 84%, 53%)  Ultramarine Blue
#20ecb5  rgb(32, 236, 181)  hsl(164, 84%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#b520ec  rgb(181, 32, 236)  hsl(284, 84%, 53%)  Electric Purple