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#ECBC35

#ecbc35 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbc35 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 73.73% green and 20.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.34% magenta, 77.54% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.26°, 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 11.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.71.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5406

Complementary

  1. #ecbc35
  2. #3565ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbc35
  2. #35c1ec
  3. #6135ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6135
  2. #ecbc35
  3. #c1ec35

Triadic

  1. #ecbc35
  2. #35ecbc
  3. #bc35ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbc35
  2. #65ec35
  3. #3565ec
  4. #bc35ec

Square

  1. #ecbc35
  2. #35ec61
  3. #3565ec
  4. #ec35c1

Monochromatic

  1. #7c5f0c
  2. #c29412
  3. #ecbc35
  4. #f3d37b
  5. #f9eac1

Shades

#ecbc35 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbc35
  2. #d4a930
  3. #bd962a
  4. #a58425
  5. #8e7120
  6. #765e1b
  7. #5e4b15
  8. #473810
  9. #2f260b
  10. #181305
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbc35 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbc35
  2. #eec349
  3. #f0c95d
  4. #f2d072
  5. #f4d786
  6. #f6de9a
  7. #f7e4ae
  8. #f9ebc2
  9. #fbf2d7
  10. #fdf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbc35 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbc35
  2. #e1b63d
  3. #d6b044
  4. #ccaa4c
  5. #c1a453
  6. #b69e5b
  7. #ab9862
  8. #a0926a
  9. #968c71
  10. #8b8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4c09d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bb19 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec83d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaba2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbb27 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c33a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b284 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbc35 {
  color: #ecbc35;
}
Background
.bg-ecbc35 {
  background-color: #ecbc35;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbc35 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbc35;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbc35;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 188 53;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbc35 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbc35, #c1ec35);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbc35 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 188 53 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.71 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.28 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.80 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.11 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.28 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.36 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.85 #1343ca Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbc35  rgb(236, 188, 53)  hsl(44, 83%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#3565ec  rgb(53, 101, 236)  hsl(224, 83%, 57%)  Royal Blue
#35ecbc  rgb(53, 236, 188)  hsl(164, 83%, 57%)  Aquamarine
#bc35ec  rgb(188, 53, 236)  hsl(284, 83%, 57%)  Electric Purple