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#ECBB2E

#ecbb2e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbb2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 73.33% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.76% magenta, 80.51% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.53°, with 83.33% saturation and 55.29% 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 1.9.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5357

Complementary

  1. #ecbb2e
  2. #2e5fec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbb2e
  2. #2ebeec
  3. #5c2eec

Analogous

  1. #ec5c2e
  2. #ecbb2e
  3. #beec2e

Triadic

  1. #ecbb2e
  2. #2eecbb
  3. #bb2eec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbb2e
  2. #5fec2e
  3. #2e5fec
  4. #bb2eec

Square

  1. #ecbb2e
  2. #2eec5c
  3. #2e5fec
  4. #ec2ebe

Monochromatic

  1. #765b0b
  2. #bc9011
  3. #ecbb2e
  4. #f2d274
  5. #f9e9ba

Shades

#ecbb2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbb2e
  2. #d4a829
  3. #bd9625
  4. #a58320
  5. #8e701c
  6. #765e17
  7. #5e4b12
  8. #47380e
  9. #2f2509
  10. #181305
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbb2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbb2e
  2. #eec243
  3. #f0c958
  4. #f2cf6d
  5. #f4d682
  6. #f6dd97
  7. #f7e4ab
  8. #f9ebc0
  9. #fbf1d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbb2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbb2e
  2. #e1b536
  3. #d6af3e
  4. #cca947
  5. #c1a34f
  6. #b69e57
  7. #ab985f
  8. #a09267
  9. #968c70
  10. #8b8678
  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 #d2ba05 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec737 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaaa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddba1c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c233 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b182 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbb2e {
  color: #ecbb2e;
}
Background
.bg-ecbb2e {
  background-color: #ecbb2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbb2e {
  border: 2px solid #ecbb2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbb2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 187 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbb2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbb2e, #beec2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbb2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 187 46 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.90 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.32 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.53 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.90 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.09 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.33 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.82 #1344d1 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbb2e  rgb(236, 187, 46)  hsl(45, 83%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2e5fec  rgb(46, 95, 236)  hsl(225, 83%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2eecbb  rgb(46, 236, 187)  hsl(165, 83%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#bb2eec  rgb(187, 46, 236)  hsl(285, 83%, 55%)  Electric Purple