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#ECB84D

#ecb84d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecb84d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 72.16% green and 30.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.03% magenta, 67.37% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 40.38°, with 80.71% saturation and 61.37% 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 11.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.01.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5265

Complementary

  1. #ecb84d
  2. #4d81ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb84d
  2. #4dd0ec
  3. #684dec

Analogous

  1. #ec684d
  2. #ecb84d
  3. #d0ec4d

Triadic

  1. #ecb84d
  2. #4decb8
  3. #b84dec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb84d
  2. #81ec4d
  3. #4d81ec
  4. #b84dec

Square

  1. #ecb84d
  2. #4dec68
  3. #4d81ec
  4. #ec4dd0

Monochromatic

  1. #91660f
  2. #d69717
  3. #ecb84d
  4. #f3d492
  5. #fbefd7

Shades

#ecb84d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb84d
  2. #d4a645
  3. #bd933e
  4. #a58136
  5. #8e6e2e
  6. #765c27
  7. #5e4a1f
  8. #473717
  9. #2f250f
  10. #181208
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb84d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb84d
  2. #eebf5f
  3. #f0c671
  4. #f2cd82
  5. #f4d494
  6. #f6dca6
  7. #f7e3b8
  8. #f9eaca
  9. #fbf1db
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb84d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb84d
  2. #e1b252
  3. #d6ad57
  4. #cca75c
  5. #c1a261
  6. #b69c67
  7. #ab966c
  8. #a09171
  9. #968b76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bd9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb840 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac551 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa8a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb846 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2c050 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8af88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb84d {
  color: #ecb84d;
}
Background
.bg-ecb84d {
  background-color: #ecb84d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb84d {
  border: 2px solid #ecb84d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb84d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 184 77;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 81% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb84d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb84d, #d0ec4d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb84d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 184 77 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.01 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.47 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.57 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.69 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.04 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.19 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.38 #1347b2 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb84d  rgb(236, 184, 77)  hsl(40, 81%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#4d81ec  rgb(77, 129, 236)  hsl(220, 81%, 61%)  United Nations Blue
#4decb8  rgb(77, 236, 184)  hsl(160, 81%, 61%)  Aquamarine
#b84dec  rgb(184, 77, 236)  hsl(280, 81%, 61%)  Medium Orchid