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#ECB856

#ecb856 ≈ Meat Brown

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecb856 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 72.16% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.03% magenta, 63.56% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 39.2°, with 79.79% saturation and 63.14% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.15.

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Relative luminance0.5279

Complementary

  1. #ecb856
  2. #568aec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb856
  2. #56d5ec
  3. #6d56ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6d56
  2. #ecb856
  3. #d5ec56

Triadic

  1. #ecb856
  2. #56ecb8
  3. #b856ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb856
  2. #8aec56
  3. #568aec
  4. #b856ec

Square

  1. #ecb856
  2. #56ec6d
  3. #568aec
  4. #ec56d5

Monochromatic

  1. #986911
  2. #dd9919
  3. #ecb856
  4. #f4d59b
  5. #fbf2e0

Shades

#ecb856 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb856
  2. #d4a64d
  3. #bd9345
  4. #a5813c
  5. #8e6e34
  6. #765c2b
  7. #5e4a22
  8. #47371a
  9. #2f2511
  10. #181209
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb856 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb856
  2. #eebf67
  3. #f0c678
  4. #f2cd89
  5. #f4d49a
  6. #f6dcab
  7. #f7e3bb
  8. #f9eacc
  9. #fbf1dd
  10. #fdf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb856 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb856
  2. #e1b25a
  3. #d6ad5e
  4. #cca763
  5. #c1a267
  6. #b69c6b
  7. #ab966f
  8. #a09173
  9. #968b78
  10. #8b867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bda0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb84c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac659 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa8a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab850 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c058 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8af8a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb856 {
  color: #ecb856;
}
Background
.bg-ecb856 {
  background-color: #ecb856;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb856 {
  border: 2px solid #ecb856;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb856;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 184 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 39 80% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb856 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb856, #d5ec56);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb856 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 184 86 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.15 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.57 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.74 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 5.96 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.23 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.44 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.57 #1347a9 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb856  rgb(236, 184, 86)  hsl(39, 80%, 63%)  Meat Brown
#568aec  rgb(86, 138, 236)  hsl(219, 80%, 63%)  United Nations Blue
#56ecb8  rgb(86, 236, 184)  hsl(159, 80%, 63%)  Aquamarine
#b856ec  rgb(184, 86, 236)  hsl(279, 80%, 63%)  Medium Orchid