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#ECB81E

#ecb81e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb81e 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 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.03% magenta, 87.29% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.85°, with 84.43% saturation and 52.16% 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 2.48.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5221

Complementary

  1. #ecb81e
  2. #1e52ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb81e
  2. #1eb9ec
  3. #511eec

Analogous

  1. #ec511e
  2. #ecb81e
  3. #b9ec1e

Triadic

  1. #ecb81e
  2. #1eecb8
  3. #b81eec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb81e
  2. #52ec1e
  3. #1e52ec
  4. #b81eec

Square

  1. #ecb81e
  2. #1eec51
  3. #1e52ec
  4. #ec1eb9

Monochromatic

  1. #685009
  2. #af860f
  3. #ecb81e
  4. #f2ce65
  5. #f8e5ab

Shades

#ecb81e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb81e
  2. #d4a61b
  3. #bd9318
  4. #a58115
  5. #8e6e12
  6. #765c0f
  7. #5e4a0c
  8. #473709
  9. #2f2506
  10. #181203
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb81e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb81e
  2. #eebf35
  3. #f0c64b
  4. #f2cd62
  5. #f4d478
  6. #f6dc8f
  7. #f7e3a5
  8. #f9eabc
  9. #fbf1d2
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb81e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb81e
  2. #e1b228
  3. #d6ad32
  4. #cca73b
  5. #c1a245
  6. #b69c4f
  7. #ab9659
  8. #a09163
  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 #dcc52a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa69d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c026 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9ae7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb81e {
  color: #ecb81e;
}
Background
.bg-ecb81e {
  background-color: #ecb81e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb81e {
  border: 2px solid #ecb81e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb81e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 184 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 84% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb81e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb81e, #b9ec1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb81e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 184 30 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.48 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.02 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.32 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.65 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.79 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.21 #1347e1 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb81e  rgb(236, 184, 30)  hsl(45, 84%, 52%)  Meat Brown
#1e52ec  rgb(30, 82, 236)  hsl(225, 84%, 52%)  Iris
#1eecb8  rgb(30, 236, 184)  hsl(165, 84%, 52%)  Aquamarine
#b81eec  rgb(184, 30, 236)  hsl(285, 84%, 52%)  Electric Purple