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#ECBC56

#ecbc56 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbc56 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 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.34% magenta, 63.56% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 40.8°, with 79.79% saturation and 63.14% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.21.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5447

Complementary

  1. #ecbc56
  2. #5686ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbc56
  2. #56d1ec
  3. #7156ec

Analogous

  1. #ec7156
  2. #ecbc56
  3. #d1ec56

Triadic

  1. #ecbc56
  2. #56ecbc
  3. #bc56ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbc56
  2. #86ec56
  3. #5686ec
  4. #bc56ec

Square

  1. #ecbc56
  2. #56ec71
  3. #5686ec
  4. #ec56d1

Monochromatic

  1. #986d11
  2. #dd9e19
  3. #ecbc56
  4. #f4d79b
  5. #fbf3e0

Shades

#ecbc56 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbc56
  2. #d4a94d
  3. #bd9645
  4. #a5843c
  5. #8e7134
  6. #765e2b
  7. #5e4b22
  8. #47381a
  9. #2f2611
  10. #181309
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbc56 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbc56
  2. #eec367
  3. #f0c978
  4. #f2d089
  5. #f4d79a
  6. #f6deab
  7. #f7e4bb
  8. #f9ebcc
  9. #fbf2dd
  10. #fdf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbc56 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbc56
  2. #e1b65a
  3. #d6b05e
  4. #ccaa63
  5. #c1a467
  6. #b69e6b
  7. #ab986f
  8. #a09273
  9. #968c78
  10. #8b867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c0a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1bc4b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc85a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffada6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbc50 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c358 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b38d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbc56 {
  color: #ecbc56;
}
Background
.bg-ecbc56 {
  background-color: #ecbc56;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbc56 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbc56;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbc56;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 188 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 80% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbc56 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbc56, #d1ec56);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbc56 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 188 86 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.21 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.75 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 6.45 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.53 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.57 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.62 #1343a9 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbc56  rgb(236, 188, 86)  hsl(41, 80%, 63%)  Meat Brown
#5686ec  rgb(86, 134, 236)  hsl(221, 80%, 63%)  United Nations Blue
#56ecbc  rgb(86, 236, 188)  hsl(161, 80%, 63%)  Aquamarine
#bc56ec  rgb(188, 86, 236)  hsl(281, 80%, 63%)  Medium Orchid