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#EDC459

#edc459 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#edc459 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 76.86% green and 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.3% magenta, 62.45% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 43.38°, 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 12.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.75.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5821

Complementary

  1. #edc459
  2. #5982ed

Split complementary

  1. #edc459
  2. #59cced
  3. #7a59ed

Analogous

  1. #ed7a59
  2. #edc459
  3. #cced59

Triadic

  1. #edc459
  2. #59edc4
  3. #c459ed

Tetradic

  1. #edc459
  2. #82ed59
  3. #5982ed
  4. #c459ed

Square

  1. #edc459
  2. #59ed7a
  3. #5982ed
  4. #ed59cc

Monochromatic

  1. #9c7611
  2. #e1a918
  3. #edc459
  4. #f4dd9e
  5. #fcf5e3

Shades

#edc459 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edc459
  2. #d5b050
  3. #be9d47
  4. #a6893e
  5. #8e7635
  6. #77622d
  7. #5f4e24
  8. #473b1b
  9. #2f2712
  10. #181409
  11. #000000

Tints

#edc459 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edc459
  2. #efca6a
  3. #f1d07a
  4. #f2d68b
  5. #f4dc9b
  6. #f6e2ac
  7. #f8e7bd
  8. #faedcd
  9. #fbf3de
  10. #fdf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edc459 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edc459
  2. #e2bd5d
  3. #d7b661
  4. #ccb065
  5. #c1a969
  6. #b7a26d
  7. #ac9b70
  8. #a19474
  9. #968e78
  10. #8b877c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8c7a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8c24e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2cd5d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb5ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1c352 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7ca5c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8bb92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edc459 {
  color: #edc459;
}
Background
.bg-edc459 {
  background-color: #edc459;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edc459 {
  border: 2px solid #edc459;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edc459;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 196 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 80% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edc459 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edc459, #cced59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edc459 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 196 89 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.13 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.19 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.93 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.98 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.11 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 6.13 #123ba6 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#edc459  rgb(237, 196, 89)  hsl(43, 80%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#5982ed  rgb(89, 130, 237)  hsl(223, 80%, 64%)  United Nations Blue
#59edc4  rgb(89, 237, 196)  hsl(163, 80%, 64%)  Aquamarine
#c459ed  rgb(196, 89, 237)  hsl(283, 80%, 64%)  Medium Orchid