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#ECC46A

#ecc46a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecc46a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 76.86% green and 41.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.95% magenta, 55.08% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 41.54°, with 77.38% saturation and 67.06% 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 12.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 5.31.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5835

Complementary

  1. #ecc46a
  2. #6a92ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecc46a
  2. #6ad3ec
  3. #836aec

Analogous

  1. #ec836a
  2. #ecc46a
  3. #d3ec6a

Triadic

  1. #ecc46a
  2. #6aecc4
  3. #c46aec

Tetradic

  1. #ecc46a
  2. #92ec6a
  3. #6a92ec
  4. #c46aec

Square

  1. #ecc46a
  2. #6aec83
  3. #6a92ec
  4. #ec6ad3

Monochromatic

  1. #a87b15
  2. #e3a926
  3. #ecc46a
  4. #f5dfae
  5. #fdf8ed

Shades

#ecc46a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecc46a
  2. #d4b05f
  3. #bd9d55
  4. #a5894a
  5. #8e7640
  6. #766235
  7. #5e4e2a
  8. #473b20
  9. #2f2715
  10. #18140b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecc46a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecc46a
  2. #eeca79
  3. #f0d088
  4. #f2d697
  5. #f4dca6
  6. #f6e2b5
  7. #f7e7c3
  8. #f9edd2
  9. #fbf3e1
  10. #fdf9f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecc46a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecc46a
  2. #e1bd6c
  3. #d6b66e
  4. #ccb071
  5. #c1a973
  6. #b6a275
  7. #ab9b77
  8. #a09479
  9. #968e7c
  10. #8b877e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8c7ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7c362 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1cd6d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fdb6af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0c365 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5ca6c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7bc98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecc46a {
  color: #ecc46a;
}
Background
.bg-ecc46a {
  background-color: #ecc46a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecc46a {
  border: 2px solid #ecc46a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecc46a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 196 106;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 77% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecc46a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecc46a, #d3ec6a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecc46a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 196 106 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.31 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 5.94 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.42 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.96 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.09 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 7.22 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 7.25 #133b95 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecc46a  rgb(236, 196, 106)  hsl(42, 77%, 67%)  Meat Brown
#6a92ec  rgb(106, 146, 236)  hsl(222, 77%, 67%)  Cornflower Blue
#6aecc4  rgb(106, 236, 196)  hsl(162, 77%, 67%)  Aquamarine
#c46aec  rgb(196, 106, 236)  hsl(282, 77%, 67%)  Heliotrope