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#EEB225

#eeb225 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeb225 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 69.8% green and 14.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.21% magenta, 84.45% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.09°, with 85.53% saturation and 53.92% 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 11.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.5015

Complementary

  1. #eeb225
  2. #2561ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb225
  2. #25c5ee
  3. #4d25ee

Analogous

  1. #ee4d25
  2. #eeb225
  3. #c5ee25

Triadic

  1. #eeb225
  2. #25eeb2
  3. #b225ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb225
  2. #61ee25
  3. #2561ee
  4. #b225ee

Square

  1. #eeb225
  2. #25ee4d
  3. #2561ee
  4. #ee25c5

Monochromatic

  1. #715209
  2. #b8850e
  3. #eeb225
  4. #f4cb6c
  5. #f9e4b3

Shades

#eeb225 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb225
  2. #d6a021
  3. #be8e1e
  4. #a77d1a
  5. #8f6b16
  6. #775913
  7. #5f470f
  8. #47350b
  9. #302407
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb225 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb225
  2. #f0ba3b
  3. #f1c151
  4. #f3c966
  5. #f5d17c
  6. #f7d992
  7. #f8e0a8
  8. #fae8be
  9. #fcf0d3
  10. #fdf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb225 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb225
  2. #e3ad2e
  3. #d8a837
  4. #cda340
  5. #c29e49
  6. #b79953
  7. #ac945c
  8. #a18f65
  9. #968a6e
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2b897 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c22e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa099 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab20e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2bc2a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fba77b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb225 {
  color: #eeb225;
}
Background
.bg-eeb225 {
  background-color: #eeb225;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb225 {
  border: 2px solid #eeb225;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb225;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 178 37;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb225 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb225, #c5ee25);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb225 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 178 37 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.60 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.18 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.18 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.94 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.23 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.36 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.37 #114dda Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eeb225  rgb(238, 178, 37)  hsl(42, 86%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#2561ee  rgb(37, 97, 238)  hsl(222, 86%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#25eeb2  rgb(37, 238, 178)  hsl(162, 86%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#b225ee  rgb(178, 37, 238)  hsl(282, 86%, 54%)  Electric Purple