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#ECBD40

#ecbd40 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbd40 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 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.92% magenta, 72.88% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.6°, with 81.9% saturation and 58.82% 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 11.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.58.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.546

Complementary

  1. #ecbd40
  2. #406fec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbd40
  2. #40c5ec
  3. #6740ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6740
  2. #ecbd40
  3. #c5ec40

Triadic

  1. #ecbd40
  2. #40ecbd
  3. #bd40ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbd40
  2. #6fec40
  3. #406fec
  4. #bd40ec

Square

  1. #ecbd40
  2. #40ec67
  3. #406fec
  4. #ec40c5

Monochromatic

  1. #86650d
  2. #cb9914
  3. #ecbd40
  4. #f3d586
  5. #faedcb

Shades

#ecbd40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbd40
  2. #d4aa3a
  3. #bd9733
  4. #a5842d
  5. #8e7126
  6. #765f20
  7. #5e4c1a
  8. #473913
  9. #2f260d
  10. #181306
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbd40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbd40
  2. #eec453
  3. #f0ca66
  4. #f2d179
  5. #f4d78c
  6. #f6dea0
  7. #f7e5b3
  8. #f9ebc6
  9. #fbf2d9
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbd40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbd40
  2. #e1b746
  3. #d6b14d
  4. #ccab53
  5. #c1a55a
  6. #b69f60
  7. #ab9866
  8. #a0926d
  9. #968c73
  10. #8b867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c19f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bc2d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc846 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffada4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #debc35 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c444 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b387 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbd40 {
  color: #ecbd40;
}
Background
.bg-ecbd40 {
  background-color: #ecbd40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbd40 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbd40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbd40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 189 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 82% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbd40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbd40, #c5ec40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbd40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 189 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.58 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.68 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.43 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.50 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.84 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.88 #1342bf Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbd40  rgb(236, 189, 64)  hsl(44, 82%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#406fec  rgb(64, 111, 236)  hsl(224, 82%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#40ecbd  rgb(64, 236, 189)  hsl(164, 82%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#bd40ec  rgb(189, 64, 236)  hsl(284, 82%, 59%)  Electric Purple