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#ECBD43

#ecbd43 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbd43 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 26.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.92% magenta, 71.61% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.31°, with 81.64% saturation and 59.41% 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 11.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.61.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5463

Complementary

  1. #ecbd43
  2. #4372ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbd43
  2. #43c7ec
  3. #6843ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6843
  2. #ecbd43
  3. #c7ec43

Triadic

  1. #ecbd43
  2. #43ecbd
  3. #bd43ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbd43
  2. #72ec43
  3. #4372ec
  4. #bd43ec

Square

  1. #ecbd43
  2. #43ec68
  3. #4372ec
  4. #ec43c7

Monochromatic

  1. #88660e
  2. #ce9a15
  3. #ecbd43
  4. #f3d588
  5. #faeece

Shades

#ecbd43 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbd43
  2. #d4aa3c
  3. #bd9736
  4. #a5842f
  5. #8e7128
  6. #765f22
  7. #5e4c1b
  8. #473914
  9. #2f260d
  10. #181307
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbd43 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbd43
  2. #eec456
  3. #f0ca69
  4. #f2d17b
  5. #f4d78e
  6. #f6dea1
  7. #f7e5b4
  8. #f9ebc7
  9. #fbf2d9
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbd43 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbd43
  2. #e1b749
  3. #d6b14f
  4. #ccab55
  5. #c1a55b
  6. #b69f62
  7. #ab9868
  8. #a0926e
  9. #968c74
  10. #8b867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c1a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bc32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec849 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffada4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbc39 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c447 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b388 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbd43 {
  color: #ecbd43;
}
Background
.bg-ecbd43 {
  background-color: #ecbd43;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbd43 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbd43;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbd43;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 189 67;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 82% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbd43 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbd43, #c7ec43);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbd43 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 189 67 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.61 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.92 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.65 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.66 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.86 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.04 #1342bc Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbd43  rgb(236, 189, 67)  hsl(43, 82%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#4372ec  rgb(67, 114, 236)  hsl(223, 82%, 59%)  Brandeis Blue
#43ecbd  rgb(67, 236, 189)  hsl(163, 82%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#bd43ec  rgb(189, 67, 236)  hsl(283, 82%, 59%)  Medium Orchid