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#EDBC56

#edbc56 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#edbc56 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 73.73% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.68% magenta, 63.71% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 40.53°, with 80.75% saturation and 63.33% 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 11.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.36.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5464

Complementary

  1. #edbc56
  2. #5687ed

Split complementary

  1. #edbc56
  2. #56d2ed
  3. #7056ed

Analogous

  1. #ed7056
  2. #edbc56
  3. #d2ed56

Triadic

  1. #edbc56
  2. #56edbc
  3. #bc56ed

Tetradic

  1. #edbc56
  2. #87ed56
  3. #5687ed
  4. #bc56ed

Square

  1. #edbc56
  2. #56ed70
  3. #5687ed
  4. #ed56d2

Monochromatic

  1. #9a6d10
  2. #df9e18
  3. #edbc56
  4. #f4d79b
  5. #fcf3e0

Shades

#edbc56 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edbc56
  2. #d5a94d
  3. #be9645
  4. #a6843c
  5. #8e7134
  6. #775e2b
  7. #5f4b22
  8. #47381a
  9. #2f2611
  10. #181309
  11. #000000

Tints

#edbc56 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edbc56
  2. #efc367
  3. #f1c978
  4. #f2d089
  5. #f4d79a
  6. #f6deab
  7. #f8e4bb
  8. #faebcc
  9. #fbf2dd
  10. #fdf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edbc56 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edbc56
  2. #e2b65a
  3. #d7b05e
  4. #ccaa63
  5. #c1a467
  6. #b79e6b
  7. #ac986f
  8. #a19273
  9. #968c78
  10. #8b867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5c0a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1bc4b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc85a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffada6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbc50 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c458 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9b38d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edbc56 {
  color: #edbc56;
}
Background
.bg-edbc56 {
  background-color: #edbc56;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edbc56 {
  border: 2px solid #edbc56;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edbc56;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 188 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 81% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edbc56 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edbc56, #d2ed56);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edbc56 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 188 86 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.36 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.35 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.97 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 6.28 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.49 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.56 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.64 #1243a9 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#edbc56  rgb(237, 188, 86)  hsl(41, 81%, 63%)  Meat Brown
#5687ed  rgb(86, 135, 237)  hsl(221, 81%, 63%)  United Nations Blue
#56edbc  rgb(86, 237, 188)  hsl(161, 81%, 63%)  Aquamarine
#bc56ed  rgb(188, 86, 237)  hsl(281, 81%, 63%)  Medium Orchid