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#ECBB3D

#ecbb3d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbb3d 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 23.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.76% magenta, 74.15% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.2°, with 82.16% saturation and 58.24% 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 1.37.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5371

Complementary

  1. #ecbb3d
  2. #3d6eec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbb3d
  2. #3dc6ec
  3. #643dec

Analogous

  1. #ec643d
  2. #ecbb3d
  3. #c6ec3d

Triadic

  1. #ecbb3d
  2. #3decbb
  3. #bb3dec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbb3d
  2. #6eec3d
  3. #3d6eec
  4. #bb3dec

Square

  1. #ecbb3d
  2. #3dec64
  3. #3d6eec
  4. #ec3dc6

Monochromatic

  1. #83620d
  2. #c99614
  3. #ecbb3d
  4. #f3d383
  5. #faecc8

Shades

#ecbb3d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbb3d
  2. #d4a837
  3. #bd9631
  4. #a5832b
  5. #8e7025
  6. #765e1f
  7. #5e4b18
  8. #473812
  9. #2f250c
  10. #181306
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbb3d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbb3d
  2. #eec250
  3. #f0c964
  4. #f2cf77
  5. #f4d68b
  6. #f6dd9e
  7. #f7e4b1
  8. #f9ebc5
  9. #fbf1d8
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbb3d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbb3d
  2. #e1b544
  3. #d6af4a
  4. #cca951
  5. #c1a358
  6. #b69e5f
  7. #ab9865
  8. #a0926c
  9. #968c73
  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 #d4bf9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba29 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc743 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaaa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddba32 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c241 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b185 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbb3d {
  color: #ecbb3d;
}
Background
.bg-ecbb3d {
  background-color: #ecbb3d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbb3d {
  border: 2px solid #ecbb3d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbb3d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 187 61;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 82% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbb3d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbb3d, #c6ec3d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbb3d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 187 61 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.37 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.02 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.37 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.61 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.62 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.82 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.82 #1344c2 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbb3d  rgb(236, 187, 61)  hsl(43, 82%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#3d6eec  rgb(61, 110, 236)  hsl(223, 82%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#3decbb  rgb(61, 236, 187)  hsl(163, 82%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#bb3dec  rgb(187, 61, 236)  hsl(283, 82%, 58%)  Electric Purple