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#EEB22E

#eeb22e ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeb22e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.21% magenta, 80.67% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 41.25°, with 84.96% saturation and 55.69% 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 3.65.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.5022

Complementary

  1. #eeb22e
  2. #2e6aee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb22e
  2. #2ecaee
  3. #522eee

Analogous

  1. #ee522e
  2. #eeb22e
  3. #caee2e

Triadic

  1. #eeb22e
  2. #2eeeb2
  3. #b22eee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb22e
  2. #6aee2e
  3. #2e6aee
  4. #b22eee

Square

  1. #eeb22e
  2. #2eee52
  3. #2e6aee
  4. #ee2eca

Monochromatic

  1. #79560a
  2. #c08910
  3. #eeb22e
  4. #f4cc75
  5. #fae6bc

Shades

#eeb22e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb22e
  2. #d6a029
  3. #be8e25
  4. #a77d20
  5. #8f6b1c
  6. #775917
  7. #5f4712
  8. #47350e
  9. #302409
  10. #181205
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb22e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb22e
  2. #f0ba43
  3. #f1c158
  4. #f3c96d
  5. #f5d182
  6. #f7d997
  7. #f8e0ab
  8. #fae8c0
  9. #fcf0d5
  10. #fdf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb22e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb22e
  2. #e3ad36
  3. #d8a83e
  4. #cda347
  5. #c29e4f
  6. #b79957
  7. #ac945f
  8. #a18f67
  9. #968a70
  10. #8b8578
  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 #d2b898 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab30d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c235 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa099 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab31e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1bc32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fba77c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb22e {
  color: #eeb22e;
}
Background
.bg-eeb22e {
  background-color: #eeb22e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb22e {
  border: 2px solid #eeb22e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb22e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 178 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 85% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb22e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb22e, #caee2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb22e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 178 46 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.65 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.19 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.60 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.04 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.40 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.64 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.67 #114dd1 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eeb22e  rgb(238, 178, 46)  hsl(41, 85%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#2e6aee  rgb(46, 106, 238)  hsl(221, 85%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#2eeeb2  rgb(46, 238, 178)  hsl(161, 85%, 56%)  Medium Spring Green
#b22eee  rgb(178, 46, 238)  hsl(281, 85%, 56%)  Electric Purple