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#ECBE51

#ecbe51 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecbe51 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 74.51% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.49% magenta, 65.68% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 42.19°, with 80.31% saturation and 62.16% 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 12.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.49.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5525

Complementary

  1. #ecbe51
  2. #517fec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbe51
  2. #51cdec
  3. #7151ec

Analogous

  1. #ec7151
  2. #ecbe51
  3. #cdec51

Triadic

  1. #ecbe51
  2. #51ecbe
  3. #be51ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbe51
  2. #7fec51
  3. #517fec
  4. #be51ec

Square

  1. #ecbe51
  2. #51ec71
  3. #517fec
  4. #ec51cd

Monochromatic

  1. #946d10
  2. #d9a018
  3. #ecbe51
  4. #f4d896
  5. #fbf2db

Shades

#ecbe51 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbe51
  2. #d4ab49
  3. #bd9841
  4. #a58539
  5. #8e7231
  6. #765f29
  7. #5e4c20
  8. #473918
  9. #2f2610
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbe51 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbe51
  2. #eec562
  3. #f0cb74
  4. #f2d285
  5. #f4d897
  6. #f6dfa8
  7. #f7e5b9
  8. #f9eccb
  9. #fbf2dc
  10. #fdf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbe51 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbe51
  2. #e1b856
  3. #d6b25a
  4. #ccab5f
  5. #c1a564
  6. #b69f69
  7. #ab996d
  8. #a09372
  9. #968c77
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c2a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bd44 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec955 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaea7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #debd4a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c554 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b58c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbe51 {
  color: #ecbe51;
}
Background
.bg-ecbe51 {
  background-color: #ecbe51;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbe51 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbe51;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbe51;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 190 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 80% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbe51 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbe51, #cdec51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbe51 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 190 81 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.49 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.12 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.28 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.51 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.85 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.95 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.05 #1341ae Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecbe51  rgb(236, 190, 81)  hsl(42, 80%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#517fec  rgb(81, 127, 236)  hsl(222, 80%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#51ecbe  rgb(81, 236, 190)  hsl(162, 80%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#be51ec  rgb(190, 81, 236)  hsl(282, 80%, 62%)  Medium Orchid