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#ECBB35

#ecbb35 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbb35 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 20.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.76% magenta, 77.54% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.93°, with 82.81% saturation and 56.67% 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 11.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.56.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5363

Complementary

  1. #ecbb35
  2. #3566ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbb35
  2. #35c2ec
  3. #5f35ec

Analogous

  1. #ec5f35
  2. #ecbb35
  3. #c2ec35

Triadic

  1. #ecbb35
  2. #35ecbb
  3. #bb35ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbb35
  2. #66ec35
  3. #3566ec
  4. #bb35ec

Square

  1. #ecbb35
  2. #35ec5f
  3. #3566ec
  4. #ec35c2

Monochromatic

  1. #7c5e0c
  2. #c29312
  3. #ecbb35
  4. #f3d37b
  5. #f9eac1

Shades

#ecbb35 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbb35
  2. #d4a830
  3. #bd962a
  4. #a58325
  5. #8e7020
  6. #765e1b
  7. #5e4b15
  8. #473810
  9. #2f250b
  10. #181305
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbb35 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbb35
  2. #eec249
  3. #f0c95d
  4. #f2cf72
  5. #f4d686
  6. #f6dd9a
  7. #f7e4ae
  8. #f9ebc2
  9. #fbf1d7
  10. #fdf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbb35 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbb35
  2. #e1b53d
  3. #d6af44
  4. #cca94c
  5. #c1a353
  6. #b69e5b
  7. #ab9862
  8. #a0926a
  9. #968c71
  10. #8b8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bf9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba1a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec73c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaaa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddba27 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c23a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b184 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbb35 {
  color: #ecbb35;
}
Background
.bg-ecbb35 {
  background-color: #ecbb35;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbb35 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbb35;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbb35;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 187 53;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbb35 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbb35, #c2ec35);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbb35 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 187 53 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.56 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.56 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.86 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.17 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.28 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.50 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.84 #1344ca Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbb35  rgb(236, 187, 53)  hsl(44, 83%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#3566ec  rgb(53, 102, 236)  hsl(224, 83%, 57%)  Royal Blue
#35ecbb  rgb(53, 236, 187)  hsl(164, 83%, 57%)  Aquamarine
#bb35ec  rgb(187, 53, 236)  hsl(284, 83%, 57%)  Electric Purple