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#ECBE4C

#ecbe4c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbe4c 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 29.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.49% magenta, 67.8% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 42.75°, with 80.81% saturation and 61.18% 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 12.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.1.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5518

Complementary

  1. #ecbe4c
  2. #4c7aec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbe4c
  2. #4ccaec
  3. #6e4cec

Analogous

  1. #ec6e4c
  2. #ecbe4c
  3. #caec4c

Triadic

  1. #ecbe4c
  2. #4cecbe
  3. #be4cec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbe4c
  2. #7aec4c
  3. #4c7aec
  4. #be4cec

Square

  1. #ecbe4c
  2. #4cec6e
  3. #4c7aec
  4. #ec4cca

Monochromatic

  1. #906b0f
  2. #d59e17
  3. #ecbe4c
  4. #f3d791
  5. #fbf0d6

Shades

#ecbe4c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbe4c
  2. #d4ab44
  3. #bd983d
  4. #a58535
  5. #8e722e
  6. #765f26
  7. #5e4c1e
  8. #473917
  9. #2f260f
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbe4c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbe4c
  2. #eec55e
  3. #f0cb70
  4. #f2d282
  5. #f4d894
  6. #f6dfa6
  7. #f7e5b7
  8. #f9ecc9
  9. #fbf2db
  10. #fdf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbe4c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbe4c
  2. #e1b851
  3. #d6b256
  4. #ccab5c
  5. #c1a561
  6. #b69f66
  7. #ab996b
  8. #a09370
  9. #968c76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c2a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bd3e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc951 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaea6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #debd44 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c54f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b58b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbe4c {
  color: #ecbe4c;
}
Background
.bg-ecbe4c {
  background-color: #ecbe4c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbe4c {
  border: 2px solid #ecbe4c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbe4c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 190 76;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 81% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbe4c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbe4c, #caec4c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbe4c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 190 76 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.10 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.55 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.07 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.07 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.36 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.49 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.66 #1341b3 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbe4c  rgb(236, 190, 76)  hsl(43, 81%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#4c7aec  rgb(76, 122, 236)  hsl(223, 81%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#4cecbe  rgb(76, 236, 190)  hsl(163, 81%, 61%)  Aquamarine
#be4cec  rgb(190, 76, 236)  hsl(283, 81%, 61%)  Medium Orchid