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#EEB115

#eeb115 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeb115 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 69.41% green and 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.63% magenta, 91.18% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 43.13°, with 86.45% saturation and 50.78% 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 10.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.98.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4968

Complementary

  1. #eeb115
  2. #1552ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb115
  2. #15bfee
  3. #4415ee

Analogous

  1. #ee4415
  2. #eeb115
  3. #bfee15

Triadic

  1. #eeb115
  2. #15eeb1
  3. #b115ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb115
  2. #52ee15
  3. #1552ee
  4. #b115ee

Square

  1. #eeb115
  2. #15ee44
  3. #1552ee
  4. #ee15bf

Monochromatic

  1. #634907
  2. #aa7e0c
  3. #eeb115
  4. #f3c95c
  5. #f8e1a4

Shades

#eeb115 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb115
  2. #d69f13
  3. #be8e11
  4. #a77c0f
  5. #8f6a0d
  6. #77590b
  7. #5f4708
  8. #473506
  9. #302304
  10. #181202
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb115 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb115
  2. #f0b92c
  3. #f1c144
  4. #f3c85b
  5. #f5d073
  6. #f7d88a
  7. #f8e0a1
  8. #fae8b9
  9. #fcefd0
  10. #fdf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb115 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb115
  2. #e3ac20
  3. #d8a72a
  4. #cda235
  5. #c29d40
  6. #b7994b
  7. #ac9455
  8. #a18f60
  9. #968a6b
  10. #8b8575
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1b795 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c122 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9e97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bb1d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fba678 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb115 {
  color: #eeb115;
}
Background
.bg-eeb115 {
  background-color: #eeb115;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb115 {
  border: 2px solid #eeb115;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb115;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 177 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb115 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb115, #bfee15);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb115 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 177 21 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.98 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.98 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.20 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.75 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.10 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.47 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.51 #114eea Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eeb115  rgb(238, 177, 21)  hsl(43, 86%, 51%)  Meat Brown
#1552ee  rgb(21, 82, 238)  hsl(223, 86%, 51%)  Iris
#15eeb1  rgb(21, 238, 177)  hsl(163, 86%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#b115ee  rgb(177, 21, 238)  hsl(283, 86%, 51%)  Electric Purple