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#ECBA28

#ecba28 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecba28 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 72.94% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.19% magenta, 83.05% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.69°, with 83.76% saturation and 54.12% 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 11.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.11.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.531

Complementary

  1. #ecba28
  2. #285aec

Split complementary

  1. #ecba28
  2. #28bcec
  3. #5828ec

Analogous

  1. #ec5828
  2. #ecba28
  3. #bcec28

Triadic

  1. #ecba28
  2. #28ecba
  3. #ba28ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecba28
  2. #5aec28
  3. #285aec
  4. #ba28ec

Square

  1. #ecba28
  2. #28ec58
  3. #285aec
  4. #ec28bc

Monochromatic

  1. #71570a
  2. #b78d10
  3. #ecba28
  4. #f2d16e
  5. #f8e7b5

Shades

#ecba28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecba28
  2. #d4a724
  3. #bd9520
  4. #a5821c
  5. #8e7018
  6. #765d14
  7. #5e4a10
  8. #47380c
  9. #2f2508
  10. #181304
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecba28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecba28
  2. #eec13e
  3. #f0c853
  4. #f2cf69
  5. #f4d67e
  6. #f6dd94
  7. #f7e3a9
  8. #f9eabf
  9. #fbf1d4
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecba28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecba28
  2. #e1b431
  3. #d6ae3a
  4. #cca942
  5. #c1a34b
  6. #b69d54
  7. #ab975d
  8. #a09166
  9. #968c6e
  10. #8b8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3be9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc632 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa9a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddb911 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c12e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b081 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecba28 {
  color: #ecba28;
}
Background
.bg-ecba28 {
  background-color: #ecba28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecba28 {
  border: 2px solid #ecba28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecba28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 186 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 84% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecba28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecba28, #bcec28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecba28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 186 40 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.11 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.50 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.38 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.79 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.89 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.47 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.91 #1345d7 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecba28  rgb(236, 186, 40)  hsl(45, 84%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#285aec  rgb(40, 90, 236)  hsl(225, 84%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#28ecba  rgb(40, 236, 186)  hsl(165, 84%, 54%)  Aquamarine
#ba28ec  rgb(186, 40, 236)  hsl(285, 84%, 54%)  Electric Purple