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#ECBB3A

#ecbb3a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbb3a 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 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.76% magenta, 75.42% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.48°, with 82.41% saturation and 57.65% 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 11.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.4.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5368

Complementary

  1. #ecbb3a
  2. #3a6bec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbb3a
  2. #3ac4ec
  3. #623aec

Analogous

  1. #ec623a
  2. #ecbb3a
  3. #c4ec3a

Triadic

  1. #ecbb3a
  2. #3aecbb
  3. #bb3aec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbb3a
  2. #6bec3a
  3. #3a6bec
  4. #bb3aec

Square

  1. #ecbb3a
  2. #3aec62
  3. #3a6bec
  4. #ec3ac4

Monochromatic

  1. #81610c
  2. #c69513
  3. #ecbb3a
  4. #f3d380
  5. #f9ebc6

Shades

#ecbb3a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbb3a
  2. #d4a834
  3. #bd962e
  4. #a58329
  5. #8e7023
  6. #765e1d
  7. #5e4b17
  8. #473811
  9. #2f250c
  10. #181306
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbb3a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbb3a
  2. #eec24e
  3. #f0c961
  4. #f2cf75
  5. #f4d689
  6. #f6dd9d
  7. #f7e4b0
  8. #f9ebc4
  9. #fbf1d8
  10. #fdf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbb3a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbb3a
  2. #e1b541
  3. #d6af48
  4. #cca94f
  5. #c1a356
  6. #b69e5d
  7. #ab9864
  8. #a0926b
  9. #968c72
  10. #8b8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bf9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba24 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc741 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaaa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddba2e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c23e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b185 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbb3a {
  color: #ecbb3a;
}
Background
.bg-ecbb3a {
  background-color: #ecbb3a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbb3a {
  border: 2px solid #ecbb3a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbb3a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 187 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 82% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbb3a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbb3a, #c4ec3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbb3a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 187 58 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.40 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.83 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.16 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.43 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.47 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.68 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.81 #1344c5 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbb3a  rgb(236, 187, 58)  hsl(43, 82%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#3a6bec  rgb(58, 107, 236)  hsl(223, 82%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#3aecbb  rgb(58, 236, 187)  hsl(163, 82%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#bb3aec  rgb(187, 58, 236)  hsl(283, 82%, 58%)  Electric Purple