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#EDC059

#edc059 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#edc059 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 75.29% green and 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.99% magenta, 62.45% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 41.76°, with 80.43% saturation and 63.92% 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 12.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5643

Complementary

  1. #edc059
  2. #5986ed

Split complementary

  1. #edc059
  2. #59d0ed
  3. #7659ed

Analogous

  1. #ed7659
  2. #edc059
  3. #d0ed59

Triadic

  1. #edc059
  2. #59edc0
  3. #c059ed

Tetradic

  1. #edc059
  2. #86ed59
  3. #5986ed
  4. #c059ed

Square

  1. #edc059
  2. #59ed76
  3. #5986ed
  4. #ed59d0

Monochromatic

  1. #9c7211
  2. #e1a418
  3. #edc059
  4. #f4da9e
  5. #fcf4e3

Shades

#edc059 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edc059
  2. #d5ad50
  3. #be9a47
  4. #a6863e
  5. #8e7335
  6. #77602d
  7. #5f4d24
  8. #473a1b
  9. #2f2612
  10. #181309
  11. #000000

Tints

#edc059 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edc059
  2. #efc66a
  3. #f1cd7a
  4. #f2d38b
  5. #f4d99b
  6. #f6e0ac
  7. #f8e6bd
  8. #faeccd
  9. #fbf2de
  10. #fdf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edc059 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edc059
  2. #e2ba5d
  3. #d7b361
  4. #ccad65
  5. #c1a669
  6. #b7a06d
  7. #ac9a70
  8. #a19374
  9. #968d78
  10. #8b867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7c4a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bf4e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0cb5d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb1a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfbf53 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c75b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b790 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edc059 {
  color: #edc059;
}
Background
.bg-edc059 {
  background-color: #edc059;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edc059 {
  border: 2px solid #edc059;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edc059;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 192 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 80% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edc059 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edc059, #d0ed59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edc059 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 192 89 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.35 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.70 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.86 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.87 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.49 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.53 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.67 #123fa6 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#edc059  rgb(237, 192, 89)  hsl(42, 80%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#5986ed  rgb(89, 134, 237)  hsl(222, 80%, 64%)  United Nations Blue
#59edc0  rgb(89, 237, 192)  hsl(162, 80%, 64%)  Aquamarine
#c059ed  rgb(192, 89, 237)  hsl(282, 80%, 64%)  Medium Orchid