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#ECBC53

#ecbc53 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbc53 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 73.73% green and 32.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.34% magenta, 64.83% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 41.18°, with 80.1% saturation and 62.55% 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 11.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.84.

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Relative luminance0.5442

Complementary

  1. #ecbc53
  2. #5383ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbc53
  2. #53cfec
  3. #7053ec

Analogous

  1. #ec7053
  2. #ecbc53
  3. #cfec53

Triadic

  1. #ecbc53
  2. #53ecbc
  3. #bc53ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbc53
  2. #83ec53
  3. #5383ec
  4. #bc53ec

Square

  1. #ecbc53
  2. #53ec70
  3. #5383ec
  4. #ec53cf

Monochromatic

  1. #956c11
  2. #da9d18
  3. #ecbc53
  4. #f4d798
  5. #fbf2dd

Shades

#ecbc53 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbc53
  2. #d4a94b
  3. #bd9642
  4. #a5843a
  5. #8e7132
  6. #765e2a
  7. #5e4b21
  8. #473819
  9. #2f2611
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbc53 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbc53
  2. #eec364
  3. #f0c975
  4. #f2d087
  5. #f4d798
  6. #f6dea9
  7. #f7e4ba
  8. #f9ebcb
  9. #fbf2dd
  10. #fdf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbc53 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbc53
  2. #e1b658
  3. #d6b05c
  4. #ccaa61
  5. #c1a465
  6. #b69e6a
  7. #ab986e
  8. #a09273
  9. #968c77
  10. #8b867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c0a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1bc47 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc857 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaca5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbc4c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c355 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b38c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbc53 {
  color: #ecbc53;
}
Background
.bg-ecbc53 {
  background-color: #ecbc53;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbc53 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbc53;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbc53;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 188 83;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 80% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbc53 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbc53, #cfec53);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbc53 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 188 83 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.84 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.89 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.53 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.21 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.27 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.31 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.40 #1343ac Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbc53  rgb(236, 188, 83)  hsl(41, 80%, 63%)  Meat Brown
#5383ec  rgb(83, 131, 236)  hsl(221, 80%, 63%)  United Nations Blue
#53ecbc  rgb(83, 236, 188)  hsl(161, 80%, 63%)  Aquamarine
#bc53ec  rgb(188, 83, 236)  hsl(281, 80%, 63%)  Medium Orchid