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#EEB327

#eeb327 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeb327 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 70.2% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.79% magenta, 83.61% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.21°, with 85.41% saturation and 54.31% 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 11.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.33.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5056

Complementary

  1. #eeb327
  2. #2762ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb327
  2. #27c6ee
  3. #4f27ee

Analogous

  1. #ee4f27
  2. #eeb327
  3. #c6ee27

Triadic

  1. #eeb327
  2. #27eeb3
  3. #b327ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb327
  2. #62ee27
  3. #2762ee
  4. #b327ee

Square

  1. #eeb327
  2. #27ee4f
  3. #2762ee
  4. #ee27c6

Monochromatic

  1. #735409
  2. #ba870f
  3. #eeb327
  4. #f4cc6e
  5. #f9e5b5

Shades

#eeb327 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb327
  2. #d6a123
  3. #be8f1f
  4. #a77d1b
  5. #8f6b17
  6. #775a14
  7. #5f4810
  8. #47360c
  9. #302408
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb327 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb327
  2. #f0bb3d
  3. #f1c252
  4. #f3ca68
  5. #f5d17d
  6. #f7d993
  7. #f8e1a9
  8. #fae8be
  9. #fcf0d4
  10. #fdf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb327 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb327
  2. #e3ae30
  3. #d8a939
  4. #cda442
  5. #c29f4b
  6. #b79a54
  7. #ac945c
  8. #a18f65
  9. #968a6e
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2b997 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c32f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa19a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dab312 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2bd2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fba87c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb327 {
  color: #eeb327;
}
Background
.bg-eeb327 {
  background-color: #eeb327;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb327 {
  border: 2px solid #eeb327;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb327;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 179 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb327 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb327, #c6ee27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb327 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 179 39 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.33 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.04 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.29 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.72 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.02 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.06 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.66 #114cd8 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eeb327  rgb(238, 179, 39)  hsl(42, 85%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#2762ee  rgb(39, 98, 238)  hsl(222, 85%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#27eeb3  rgb(39, 238, 179)  hsl(162, 85%, 54%)  Aquamarine
#b327ee  rgb(179, 39, 238)  hsl(282, 85%, 54%)  Electric Purple