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#EDB72E

#edb72e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#edb72e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 71.76% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.78% magenta, 80.59% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 43.04°, with 84.14% saturation and 55.49% 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 11.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.13.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5207

Complementary

  1. #edb72e
  2. #2e64ed

Split complementary

  1. #edb72e
  2. #2ec3ed
  3. #582eed

Analogous

  1. #ed582e
  2. #edb72e
  3. #c3ed2e

Triadic

  1. #edb72e
  2. #2eedb7
  3. #b72eed

Tetradic

  1. #edb72e
  2. #64ed2e
  3. #2e64ed
  4. #b72eed

Square

  1. #edb72e
  2. #2eed58
  3. #2e64ed
  4. #ed2ec3

Monochromatic

  1. #78590a
  2. #be8d10
  3. #edb72e
  4. #f3cf74
  5. #f9e8bb

Shades

#edb72e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edb72e
  2. #d5a529
  3. #be9225
  4. #a68020
  5. #8e6e1c
  6. #775c17
  7. #5f4912
  8. #47370e
  9. #2f2509
  10. #181205
  11. #000000

Tints

#edb72e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edb72e
  2. #efbe43
  3. #f1c558
  4. #f2cd6d
  5. #f4d482
  6. #f6db97
  7. #f8e2ab
  8. #fae9c0
  9. #fbf1d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edb72e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edb72e
  2. #e2b236
  3. #d7ac3e
  4. #cca747
  5. #c1a14f
  6. #b79c57
  7. #ac965f
  8. #a19167
  9. #968b70
  10. #8b8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bc9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb709 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc536 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa59e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb71d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3bf33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #faad80 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edb72e {
  color: #edb72e;
}
Background
.bg-edb72e {
  background-color: #edb72e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edb72e {
  border: 2px solid #edb72e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edb72e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 183 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edb72e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edb72e, #c3ed2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edb72e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 183 46 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.13 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.70 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.84 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.00 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.33 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.88 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.27 #1248d1 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#edb72e  rgb(237, 183, 46)  hsl(43, 84%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2e64ed  rgb(46, 100, 237)  hsl(223, 84%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#2eedb7  rgb(46, 237, 183)  hsl(163, 84%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#b72eed  rgb(183, 46, 237)  hsl(283, 84%, 55%)  Electric Purple