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#EDBC4E

#edbc4e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#edbc4e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.68% magenta, 67.09% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 41.51°, with 81.54% saturation and 61.76% 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 11.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.45.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5452

Complementary

  1. #edbc4e
  2. #4e7fed

Split complementary

  1. #edbc4e
  2. #4eceed
  3. #6c4eed

Analogous

  1. #ed6c4e
  2. #edbc4e
  3. #ceed4e

Triadic

  1. #edbc4e
  2. #4eedbc
  3. #bc4eed

Tetradic

  1. #edbc4e
  2. #7fed4e
  3. #4e7fed
  4. #bc4eed

Square

  1. #edbc4e
  2. #4eed6c
  3. #4e7fed
  4. #ed4ece

Monochromatic

  1. #936a0f
  2. #d89d16
  3. #edbc4e
  4. #f4d693
  5. #fbf1d9

Shades

#edbc4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edbc4e
  2. #d5a946
  3. #be963e
  4. #a68437
  5. #8e712f
  6. #775e27
  7. #5f4b1f
  8. #473817
  9. #2f2610
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#edbc4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edbc4e
  2. #efc360
  3. #f1c971
  4. #f2d083
  5. #f4d795
  6. #f6dea7
  7. #f8e4b8
  8. #faebca
  9. #fbf2dc
  10. #fdf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edbc4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edbc4e
  2. #e2b653
  3. #d7b058
  4. #ccaa5d
  5. #c1a462
  6. #b79e67
  7. #ac986c
  8. #a19271
  9. #968c76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c0a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2bc41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc852 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaca5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbc46 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c351 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9b38a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edbc4e {
  color: #edbc4e;
}
Background
.bg-edbc4e {
  background-color: #edbc4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edbc4e {
  border: 2px solid #edbc4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edbc4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 188 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 82% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edbc4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edbc4e, #ceed4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edbc4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 188 78 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.45 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.44 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.69 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.71 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.74 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.82 #1243b1 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#edbc4e  rgb(237, 188, 78)  hsl(42, 82%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#4e7fed  rgb(78, 127, 237)  hsl(222, 82%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#4eedbc  rgb(78, 237, 188)  hsl(162, 82%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#bc4eed  rgb(188, 78, 237)  hsl(282, 82%, 62%)  Medium Orchid