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#EDBC38

#edbc38 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#edbc38 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 73.73% green and 21.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.68% magenta, 76.37% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 43.76°, 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 11.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.68.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5426

Complementary

  1. #edbc38
  2. #3869ed

Split complementary

  1. #edbc38
  2. #38c3ed
  3. #6238ed

Analogous

  1. #ed6238
  2. #edbc38
  3. #c3ed38

Triadic

  1. #edbc38
  2. #38edbc
  3. #bc38ed

Tetradic

  1. #edbc38
  2. #69ed38
  3. #3869ed
  4. #bc38ed

Square

  1. #edbc38
  2. #38ed62
  3. #3869ed
  4. #ed38c3

Monochromatic

  1. #80610c
  2. #c79612
  3. #edbc38
  4. #f3d47e
  5. #faebc4

Shades

#edbc38 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edbc38
  2. #d5a932
  3. #be962d
  4. #a68427
  5. #8e7122
  6. #775e1c
  7. #5f4b16
  8. #473811
  9. #2f260b
  10. #181306
  11. #000000

Tints

#edbc38 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edbc38
  2. #efc34c
  3. #f1c960
  4. #f2d074
  5. #f4d788
  6. #f6de9c
  7. #f8e4af
  8. #faebc3
  9. #fbf2d7
  10. #fdf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edbc38 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edbc38
  2. #e2b63f
  3. #d7b046
  4. #ccaa4e
  5. #c1a455
  6. #b79e5c
  7. #ac9863
  8. #a1926a
  9. #968c72
  10. #8b8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c09e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bb20 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc83f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaba2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #debb2b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c33c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9b285 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edbc38 {
  color: #edbc38;
}
Background
.bg-edbc38 {
  background-color: #edbc38;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edbc38 {
  border: 2px solid #edbc38;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edbc38;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 188 56;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edbc38 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edbc38, #c3ed38);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edbc38 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 188 56 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.68 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.45 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.84 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.12 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.26 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.33 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.01 #1243c7 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#edbc38  rgb(237, 188, 56)  hsl(44, 83%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#3869ed  rgb(56, 105, 237)  hsl(224, 83%, 57%)  Royal Blue
#38edbc  rgb(56, 237, 188)  hsl(164, 83%, 57%)  Aquamarine
#bc38ed  rgb(188, 56, 237)  hsl(284, 83%, 57%)  Electric Purple