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#ECBD4E

#ecbd4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbd4e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.92% magenta, 66.95% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 42.15°, with 80.61% saturation and 61.57% 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 11.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.23.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5478

Complementary

  1. #ecbd4e
  2. #4e7dec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbd4e
  2. #4eccec
  3. #6e4eec

Analogous

  1. #ec6e4e
  2. #ecbd4e
  3. #ccec4e

Triadic

  1. #ecbd4e
  2. #4eecbd
  3. #bd4eec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbd4e
  2. #7dec4e
  3. #4e7dec
  4. #bd4eec

Square

  1. #ecbd4e
  2. #4eec6e
  3. #4e7dec
  4. #ec4ecc

Monochromatic

  1. #916b10
  2. #d69e17
  3. #ecbd4e
  4. #f3d793
  5. #fbf1d8

Shades

#ecbd4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbd4e
  2. #d4aa46
  3. #bd973e
  4. #a58437
  5. #8e712f
  6. #765f27
  7. #5e4c1f
  8. #473917
  9. #2f2610
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbd4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbd4e
  2. #eec460
  3. #f0ca71
  4. #f2d183
  5. #f4d795
  6. #f6dea7
  7. #f7e5b8
  8. #f9ebca
  9. #fbf2dc
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbd4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbd4e
  2. #e1b753
  3. #d6b158
  4. #ccab5d
  5. #c1a562
  6. #b69f67
  7. #ab986c
  8. #a09271
  9. #968c76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c1a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2bc41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec853 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffada6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbc46 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c451 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b48b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbd4e {
  color: #ecbd4e;
}
Background
.bg-ecbd4e {
  background-color: #ecbd4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbd4e {
  border: 2px solid #ecbd4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbd4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 189 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 81% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbd4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbd4e, #ccec4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbd4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 189 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.23 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.02 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.17 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.47 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.64 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.76 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.79 #1342b1 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbd4e  rgb(236, 189, 78)  hsl(42, 81%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#4e7dec  rgb(78, 125, 236)  hsl(222, 81%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#4eecbd  rgb(78, 236, 189)  hsl(162, 81%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#bd4eec  rgb(189, 78, 236)  hsl(282, 81%, 62%)  Medium Orchid