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#ECB92A

#ecb92a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb92a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 72.55% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.61% magenta, 82.2% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.23°, with 83.62% saturation and 54.51% 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 11.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.94.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.527

Complementary

  1. #ecb92a
  2. #2a5dec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb92a
  2. #2abeec
  3. #582aec

Analogous

  1. #ec582a
  2. #ecb92a
  3. #beec2a

Triadic

  1. #ecb92a
  2. #2aecb9
  3. #b92aec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb92a
  2. #5dec2a
  3. #2a5dec
  4. #b92aec

Square

  1. #ecb92a
  2. #2aec58
  3. #2a5dec
  4. #ec2abe

Monochromatic

  1. #73570a
  2. #b98d11
  3. #ecb92a
  4. #f2d070
  5. #f9e7b6

Shades

#ecb92a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb92a
  2. #d4a726
  3. #bd9422
  4. #a5821d
  5. #8e6f19
  6. #765d15
  7. #5e4a11
  8. #47380d
  9. #2f2508
  10. #181304
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb92a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb92a
  2. #eec03f
  3. #f0c755
  4. #f2ce6a
  5. #f4d57f
  6. #f6dc95
  7. #f7e3aa
  8. #f9eabf
  9. #fbf1d4
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb92a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb92a
  2. #e1b333
  3. #d6ae3b
  4. #cca844
  5. #c1a24c
  6. #b69d55
  7. #ab975e
  8. #a09166
  9. #968b6f
  10. #8b8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bd9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc633 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa89f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb816 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c130 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8af80 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb92a {
  color: #ecb92a;
}
Background
.bg-ecb92a {
  background-color: #ecb92a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb92a {
  border: 2px solid #ecb92a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb92a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 185 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb92a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb92a, #beec2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb92a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 185 42 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.94 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.84 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.55 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.86 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.94 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.73 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.99 #1346d5 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecb92a  rgb(236, 185, 42)  hsl(44, 84%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2a5dec  rgb(42, 93, 236)  hsl(224, 84%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2aecb9  rgb(42, 236, 185)  hsl(164, 84%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#b92aec  rgb(185, 42, 236)  hsl(284, 84%, 55%)  Electric Purple