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#ECBD52

#ecbd52 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbd52 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 74.12% green and 32.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.92% magenta, 65.25% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 41.69°, with 80.21% saturation and 62.35% 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 11.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.62.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5484

Complementary

  1. #ecbd52
  2. #5281ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbd52
  2. #52ceec
  3. #7052ec

Analogous

  1. #ec7052
  2. #ecbd52
  3. #ceec52

Triadic

  1. #ecbd52
  2. #52ecbd
  3. #bd52ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbd52
  2. #81ec52
  3. #5281ec
  4. #bd52ec

Square

  1. #ecbd52
  2. #52ec70
  3. #5281ec
  4. #ec52ce

Monochromatic

  1. #956c10
  2. #da9e18
  3. #ecbd52
  4. #f4d797
  5. #fbf2dc

Shades

#ecbd52 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbd52
  2. #d4aa4a
  3. #bd9742
  4. #a58439
  5. #8e7131
  6. #765f29
  7. #5e4c21
  8. #473919
  9. #2f2610
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbd52 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbd52
  2. #eec463
  3. #f0ca75
  4. #f2d186
  5. #f4d797
  6. #f6dea9
  7. #f7e5ba
  8. #f9ebcb
  9. #fbf2dc
  10. #fdf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbd52 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbd52
  2. #e1b757
  3. #d6b15b
  4. #ccab60
  5. #c1a564
  6. #b69f69
  7. #ab986e
  8. #a09272
  9. #968c77
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c1a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2bc46 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec956 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffada6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbd4b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c455 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b48c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbd52 {
  color: #ecbd52;
}
Background
.bg-ecbd52 {
  background-color: #ecbd52;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbd52 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbd52;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbd52;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 189 82;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 80% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbd52 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbd52, #ceec52);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbd52 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 189 82 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.62 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.49 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.39 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.85 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.06 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.14 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.15 #1342ad Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbd52  rgb(236, 189, 82)  hsl(42, 80%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#5281ec  rgb(82, 129, 236)  hsl(222, 80%, 62%)  United Nations Blue
#52ecbd  rgb(82, 236, 189)  hsl(162, 80%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#bd52ec  rgb(189, 82, 236)  hsl(282, 80%, 62%)  Medium Orchid