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#ECC043

#ecc043 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecc043 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 75.29% green and 26.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.64% magenta, 71.61% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.38°, with 81.64% saturation and 59.41% 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 12.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.28.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5594

Complementary

  1. #ecc043
  2. #436fec

Split complementary

  1. #ecc043
  2. #43c3ec
  3. #6b43ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6b43
  2. #ecc043
  3. #c3ec43

Triadic

  1. #ecc043
  2. #43ecc0
  3. #c043ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecc043
  2. #6fec43
  3. #436fec
  4. #c043ec

Square

  1. #ecc043
  2. #43ec6b
  3. #436fec
  4. #ec43c3

Monochromatic

  1. #88680e
  2. #ce9e15
  3. #ecc043
  4. #f3d788
  5. #faefce

Shades

#ecc043 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecc043
  2. #d4ad3c
  3. #bd9a36
  4. #a5862f
  5. #8e7328
  6. #766022
  7. #5e4d1b
  8. #473a14
  9. #2f260d
  10. #181307
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecc043 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecc043
  2. #eec656
  3. #f0cd69
  4. #f2d37b
  5. #f4d98e
  6. #f6e0a1
  7. #f7e6b4
  8. #f9ecc7
  9. #fbf2d9
  10. #fdf9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecc043 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecc043
  2. #e1ba49
  3. #d6b34f
  4. #ccad55
  5. #c1a65b
  6. #b6a062
  7. #ab9a68
  8. #a0936e
  9. #968d74
  10. #8b867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6c3a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6be31 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0ca49 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb0a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfbf39 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c647 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b78a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecc043 {
  color: #ecc043;
}
Background
.bg-ecc043 {
  background-color: #ecc043;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecc043 {
  border: 2px solid #ecc043;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecc043;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 192 67;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 82% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecc043 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecc043, #c3ec43);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecc043 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 192 67 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.28 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.34 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.12 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.62 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.65 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.81 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.04 #133fbc Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecc043  rgb(236, 192, 67)  hsl(44, 82%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#436fec  rgb(67, 111, 236)  hsl(224, 82%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#43ecc0  rgb(67, 236, 192)  hsl(164, 82%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#c043ec  rgb(192, 67, 236)  hsl(284, 82%, 59%)  Medium Orchid