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#EEB229

#eeb229 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeb229 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 16.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.21% magenta, 82.77% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 41.73°, with 85.28% saturation and 54.71% 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 11.04:1 (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 luminance0.5018

Complementary

  1. #eeb229
  2. #2965ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb229
  2. #29c7ee
  3. #5029ee

Analogous

  1. #ee5029
  2. #eeb229
  3. #c7ee29

Triadic

  1. #eeb229
  2. #29eeb2
  3. #b229ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb229
  2. #65ee29
  3. #2965ee
  4. #b229ee

Square

  1. #eeb229
  2. #29ee50
  3. #2965ee
  4. #ee29c7

Monochromatic

  1. #755409
  2. #bc870f
  3. #eeb229
  4. #f4cc70
  5. #f9e5b7

Shades

#eeb229 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb229
  2. #d6a025
  3. #be8e21
  4. #a77d1d
  5. #8f6b19
  6. #775915
  7. #5f4710
  8. #47350c
  9. #302408
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb229 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb229
  2. #f0ba3e
  3. #f1c154
  4. #f3c969
  5. #f5d17f
  6. #f7d994
  7. #f8e0a9
  8. #fae8bf
  9. #fcf0d4
  10. #fdf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb229 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb229
  2. #e3ad32
  3. #d8a83a
  4. #cda343
  5. #c29e4c
  6. #b79955
  7. #ac945d
  8. #a18f66
  9. #968a6f
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.04:1 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 #d9c231 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa099 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab316 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2bc2e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fba77c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb229 {
  color: #eeb229;
}
Background
.bg-eeb229 {
  background-color: #eeb229;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb229 {
  border: 2px solid #eeb229;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb229;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 178 41;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb229 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb229, #c7ee29);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb229 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 178 41 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.60 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.17 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.34 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.12 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.22 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.40 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.49 #114dd6 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eeb229  rgb(238, 178, 41)  hsl(42, 85%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2965ee  rgb(41, 101, 238)  hsl(222, 85%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#29eeb2  rgb(41, 238, 178)  hsl(162, 85%, 55%)  Medium Spring Green
#b229ee  rgb(178, 41, 238)  hsl(282, 85%, 55%)  Electric Purple