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#ECBB2A

#ecbb2a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecbb2a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 73.33% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.76% magenta, 82.2% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.85°, 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 11.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.12.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5354

Complementary

  1. #ecbb2a
  2. #2a5bec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbb2a
  2. #2abcec
  3. #5a2aec

Analogous

  1. #ec5a2a
  2. #ecbb2a
  3. #bcec2a

Triadic

  1. #ecbb2a
  2. #2aecbb
  3. #bb2aec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbb2a
  2. #5bec2a
  3. #2a5bec
  4. #bb2aec

Square

  1. #ecbb2a
  2. #2aec5a
  3. #2a5bec
  4. #ec2abc

Monochromatic

  1. #73580a
  2. #b98e11
  3. #ecbb2a
  4. #f2d170
  5. #f9e8b6

Shades

#ecbb2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbb2a
  2. #d4a826
  3. #bd9622
  4. #a5831d
  5. #8e7019
  6. #765e15
  7. #5e4b11
  8. #47380d
  9. #2f2508
  10. #181304
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbb2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbb2a
  2. #eec23f
  3. #f0c955
  4. #f2cf6a
  5. #f4d67f
  6. #f6dd95
  7. #f7e4aa
  8. #f9ebbf
  9. #fbf1d4
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbb2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbb2a
  2. #e1b533
  3. #d6af3b
  4. #cca944
  5. #c1a34c
  6. #b69e55
  7. #ab985e
  8. #a09266
  9. #968c6f
  10. #8b8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bf9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec734 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaaa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddba15 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c230 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b182 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbb2a {
  color: #ecbb2a;
}
Background
.bg-ecbb2a {
  background-color: #ecbb2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbb2a {
  border: 2px solid #ecbb2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbb2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 187 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbb2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbb2a, #bcec2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbb2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 187 42 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.12 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.25 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.38 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.78 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.01 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.27 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.64 #1344d5 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbb2a  rgb(236, 187, 42)  hsl(45, 84%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2a5bec  rgb(42, 91, 236)  hsl(225, 84%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2aecbb  rgb(42, 236, 187)  hsl(165, 84%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#bb2aec  rgb(187, 42, 236)  hsl(285, 84%, 55%)  Electric Purple