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#ECB81D

#ecb81d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb81d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 72.16% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.03% magenta, 87.71% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.93°, with 84.49% saturation and 51.96% 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 11.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.52.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.522

Complementary

  1. #ecb81d
  2. #1d51ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb81d
  2. #1db8ec
  3. #511dec

Analogous

  1. #ec511d
  2. #ecb81d
  3. #b8ec1d

Triadic

  1. #ecb81d
  2. #1decb8
  3. #b81dec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb81d
  2. #51ec1d
  3. #1d51ec
  4. #b81dec

Square

  1. #ecb81d
  2. #1dec51
  3. #1d51ec
  4. #ec1db8

Monochromatic

  1. #675009
  2. #ae860f
  3. #ecb81d
  4. #f2ce64
  5. #f8e4aa

Shades

#ecb81d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb81d
  2. #d4a61a
  3. #bd9317
  4. #a58114
  5. #8e6e11
  6. #765c0f
  7. #5e4a0c
  8. #473709
  9. #2f2506
  10. #181203
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb81d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb81d
  2. #eebf34
  3. #f0c64a
  4. #f2cd61
  5. #f4d477
  6. #f6dc8e
  7. #f7e3a5
  8. #f9eabb
  9. #fbf1d2
  10. #fdf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb81d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb81d
  2. #e1b227
  3. #d6ad31
  4. #cca73b
  5. #c1a245
  6. #b69c4f
  7. #ab9658
  8. #a09162
  9. #968b6c
  10. #8b8676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bc99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc529 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa69d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c025 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9ae7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb81d {
  color: #ecb81d;
}
Background
.bg-ecb81d {
  background-color: #ecb81d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb81d {
  border: 2px solid #ecb81d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb81d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 184 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 84% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb81d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb81d, #b8ec1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb81d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 184 29 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.52 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.02 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.30 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.64 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.77 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.86 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.23 #1347e2 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb81d  rgb(236, 184, 29)  hsl(45, 84%, 52%)  Meat Brown
#1d51ec  rgb(29, 81, 236)  hsl(225, 84%, 52%)  Iris
#1decb8  rgb(29, 236, 184)  hsl(165, 84%, 52%)  Aquamarine
#b81dec  rgb(184, 29, 236)  hsl(285, 84%, 52%)  Electric Purple