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#ECC55E

#ecc55e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecc55e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 77.25% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.53% magenta, 60.17% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.52°, with 78.89% saturation and 64.71% 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 12.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.29.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5857

Complementary

  1. #ecc55e
  2. #5e85ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecc55e
  2. #5eccec
  3. #7e5eec

Analogous

  1. #ec7e5e
  2. #ecc55e
  3. #ccec5e

Triadic

  1. #ecc55e
  2. #5eecc5
  3. #c55eec

Tetradic

  1. #ecc55e
  2. #85ec5e
  3. #5e85ec
  4. #c55eec

Square

  1. #ecc55e
  2. #5eec7e
  3. #5e85ec
  4. #ec5ecc

Monochromatic

  1. #9e7813
  2. #e3ac1b
  3. #ecc55e
  4. #f4dea2
  5. #fcf6e7

Shades

#ecc55e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecc55e
  2. #d4b155
  3. #bd9e4b
  4. #a58a42
  5. #8e7638
  6. #76632f
  7. #5e4f26
  8. #473b1c
  9. #2f2713
  10. #181409
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecc55e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecc55e
  2. #eecb6e
  3. #f0d17e
  4. #f2d68e
  5. #f4dc9e
  6. #f6e2af
  7. #f7e8bf
  8. #f9eecf
  9. #fbf3df
  10. #fdf9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecc55e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecc55e
  2. #e1be61
  3. #d6b765
  4. #ccb068
  5. #c1a96c
  6. #b6a36f
  7. #ab9c72
  8. #a09576
  9. #968e79
  10. #8b877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8c8a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c354 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2ce62 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feb6ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1c458 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6ca61 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7bc95 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecc55e {
  color: #ecc55e;
}
Background
.bg-ecc55e {
  background-color: #ecc55e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecc55e {
  border: 2px solid #ecc55e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecc55e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 197 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 79% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecc55e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecc55e, #ccec5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecc55e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 197 94 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.29 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.73 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.70 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.78 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 6.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.22 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.49 #133aa1 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#ecc55e  rgb(236, 197, 94)  hsl(44, 79%, 65%)  Meat Brown
#5e85ec  rgb(94, 133, 236)  hsl(224, 79%, 65%)  United Nations Blue
#5eecc5  rgb(94, 236, 197)  hsl(164, 79%, 65%)  Aquamarine
#c55eec  rgb(197, 94, 236)  hsl(284, 79%, 65%)  Medium Orchid