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#ECBE42

#ecbe42 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbe42 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 74.51% green and 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.49% magenta, 72.03% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.76°, with 81.73% saturation and 59.22% 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 12.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.78.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5505

Complementary

  1. #ecbe42
  2. #4270ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbe42
  2. #42c5ec
  3. #6942ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6942
  2. #ecbe42
  3. #c5ec42

Triadic

  1. #ecbe42
  2. #42ecbe
  3. #be42ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbe42
  2. #70ec42
  3. #4270ec
  4. #be42ec

Square

  1. #ecbe42
  2. #42ec69
  3. #4270ec
  4. #ec42c5

Monochromatic

  1. #87660e
  2. #cd9b15
  3. #ecbe42
  4. #f3d688
  5. #faeecd

Shades

#ecbe42 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbe42
  2. #d4ab3b
  3. #bd9835
  4. #a5852e
  5. #8e7228
  6. #765f21
  7. #5e4c1a
  8. #473914
  9. #2f260d
  10. #181307
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbe42 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbe42
  2. #eec555
  3. #f0cb68
  4. #f2d27b
  5. #f4d88e
  6. #f6dfa1
  7. #f7e5b3
  8. #f9ecc6
  9. #fbf2d9
  10. #fdf9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbe42 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbe42
  2. #e1b848
  3. #d6b24e
  4. #ccab55
  5. #c1a55b
  6. #b69f61
  7. #ab9967
  8. #a0936d
  9. #968c74
  10. #8b867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c1a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bd30 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc948 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaea5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #debd38 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c546 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b488 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbe42 {
  color: #ecbe42;
}
Background
.bg-ecbe42 {
  background-color: #ecbe42;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbe42 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbe42;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbe42;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 190 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 82% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbe42 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbe42, #c5ec42);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbe42 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 190 66 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.78 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.60 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.40 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.54 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.89 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.07 #1341bd Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbe42  rgb(236, 190, 66)  hsl(44, 82%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#4270ec  rgb(66, 112, 236)  hsl(224, 82%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#42ecbe  rgb(66, 236, 190)  hsl(164, 82%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#be42ec  rgb(190, 66, 236)  hsl(284, 82%, 59%)  Medium Orchid