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#ECBD36

#ecbd36 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbd36 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 74.12% green and 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.92% magenta, 77.12% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.51°, with 82.73% saturation and 56.86% 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 11.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.87.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5449

Complementary

  1. #ecbd36
  2. #3665ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbd36
  2. #36c0ec
  3. #6236ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6236
  2. #ecbd36
  3. #c0ec36

Triadic

  1. #ecbd36
  2. #36ecbd
  3. #bd36ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbd36
  2. #65ec36
  3. #3665ec
  4. #bd36ec

Square

  1. #ecbd36
  2. #36ec62
  3. #3665ec
  4. #ec36c0

Monochromatic

  1. #7d600c
  2. #c39512
  3. #ecbd36
  4. #f3d47c
  5. #f9ebc2

Shades

#ecbd36 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbd36
  2. #d4aa31
  3. #bd972b
  4. #a58426
  5. #8e7120
  6. #765f1b
  7. #5e4c16
  8. #473910
  9. #2f260b
  10. #181305
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbd36 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbd36
  2. #eec44a
  3. #f0ca5e
  4. #f2d172
  5. #f4d786
  6. #f6de9b
  7. #f7e5af
  8. #f9ebc3
  9. #fbf2d7
  10. #fdf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbd36 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbd36
  2. #e1b73d
  3. #d6b145
  4. #ccab4c
  5. #c1a554
  6. #b69f5b
  7. #ab9862
  8. #a0926a
  9. #968c71
  10. #8b8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c19e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bb1b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc83e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaca3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #debc28 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c43b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b385 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbd36 {
  color: #ecbd36;
}
Background
.bg-ecbd36 {
  background-color: #ecbd36;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbd36 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbd36;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbd36;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 189 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbd36 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbd36, #c0ec36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbd36 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 189 54 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.87 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.06 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.83 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.10 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.13 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.50 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.58 #1342c9 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbd36  rgb(236, 189, 54)  hsl(45, 83%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#3665ec  rgb(54, 101, 236)  hsl(225, 83%, 57%)  Royal Blue
#36ecbd  rgb(54, 236, 189)  hsl(165, 83%, 57%)  Aquamarine
#bd36ec  rgb(189, 54, 236)  hsl(285, 83%, 57%)  Electric Purple