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#ECC161

#ecc161 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecc161 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 75.69% green and 38.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.22% magenta, 58.9% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 41.44°, with 78.53% saturation and 65.29% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.19.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5684

Complementary

  1. #ecc161
  2. #618cec

Split complementary

  1. #ecc161
  2. #61d1ec
  3. #7b61ec

Analogous

  1. #ec7b61
  2. #ecc161
  3. #d1ec61

Triadic

  1. #ecc161
  2. #61ecc1
  3. #c161ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecc161
  2. #8cec61
  3. #618cec
  4. #c161ec

Square

  1. #ecc161
  2. #61ec7b
  3. #618cec
  4. #ec61d1

Monochromatic

  1. #a17513
  2. #e4a61d
  3. #ecc161
  4. #f4dca5
  5. #fcf7ea

Shades

#ecc161 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecc161
  2. #d4ae57
  3. #bd9a4e
  4. #a58744
  5. #8e743a
  6. #766131
  7. #5e4d27
  8. #473a1d
  9. #2f2713
  10. #18130a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecc161 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecc161
  2. #eec771
  3. #f0cd81
  4. #f2d490
  5. #f4daa0
  6. #f6e0b0
  7. #f7e6c0
  8. #f9ecd0
  9. #fbf3df
  10. #fdf9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecc161 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecc161
  2. #e1bb64
  3. #d6b467
  4. #ccae6a
  5. #c1a76d
  6. #b6a171
  7. #ab9a74
  8. #a09477
  9. #968d7a
  10. #8b877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7c4a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5c058 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfcb65 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feb3ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfc05c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c763 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b993 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecc161 {
  color: #ecc161;
}
Background
.bg-ecc161 {
  background-color: #ecc161;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecc161 {
  border: 2px solid #ecc161;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecc161;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 193 97;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 79% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecc161 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecc161, #d1ec61);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecc161 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 193 97 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.59 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 6.18 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.30 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.62 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.43 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.44 #133e9e Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecc161  rgb(236, 193, 97)  hsl(41, 79%, 65%)  Meat Brown
#618cec  rgb(97, 140, 236)  hsl(221, 79%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#61ecc1  rgb(97, 236, 193)  hsl(161, 79%, 65%)  Aquamarine
#c161ec  rgb(193, 97, 236)  hsl(281, 79%, 65%)  Medium Orchid