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#EDBB38

#edbb38 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#edbb38 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 73.33% green and 21.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.1% magenta, 76.37% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 43.43°, with 83.41% saturation and 57.45% 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 11.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.6.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5383

Complementary

  1. #edbb38
  2. #386aed

Split complementary

  1. #edbb38
  2. #38c4ed
  3. #6138ed

Analogous

  1. #ed6138
  2. #edbb38
  3. #c4ed38

Triadic

  1. #edbb38
  2. #38edbb
  3. #bb38ed

Tetradic

  1. #edbb38
  2. #6aed38
  3. #386aed
  4. #bb38ed

Square

  1. #edbb38
  2. #38ed61
  3. #386aed
  4. #ed38c4

Monochromatic

  1. #80600c
  2. #c79512
  3. #edbb38
  4. #f3d37e
  5. #faebc4

Shades

#edbb38 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edbb38
  2. #d5a832
  3. #be962d
  4. #a68327
  5. #8e7022
  6. #775e1c
  7. #5f4b16
  8. #473811
  9. #2f250b
  10. #181306
  11. #000000

Tints

#edbb38 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edbb38
  2. #efc24c
  3. #f1c960
  4. #f2cf74
  5. #f4d688
  6. #f6dd9c
  7. #f8e4af
  8. #faebc3
  9. #fbf1d7
  10. #fdf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edbb38 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edbb38
  2. #e2b53f
  3. #d7af46
  4. #cca94e
  5. #c1a355
  6. #b79e5c
  7. #ac9863
  8. #a1926a
  9. #968c72
  10. #8b8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bf9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba20 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec73f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaaa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddba2b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c33c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9b184 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edbb38 {
  color: #edbb38;
}
Background
.bg-edbb38 {
  background-color: #edbb38;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edbb38 {
  border: 2px solid #edbb38;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edbb38;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 187 56;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edbb38 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edbb38, #c4ed38);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edbb38 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 187 56 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.60 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.77 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.93 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.21 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.21 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.01 #1244c7 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#edbb38  rgb(237, 187, 56)  hsl(43, 83%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#386aed  rgb(56, 106, 237)  hsl(223, 83%, 57%)  Royal Blue
#38edbb  rgb(56, 237, 187)  hsl(163, 83%, 57%)  Aquamarine
#bb38ed  rgb(187, 56, 237)  hsl(283, 83%, 57%)  Electric Purple