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#EEB423

#eeb423 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeb423 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 70.59% green and 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.37% magenta, 85.29% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.86°, with 85.65% saturation and 53.53% 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 11.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.12.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5094

Complementary

  1. #eeb423
  2. #235dee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb423
  2. #23c2ee
  3. #4f23ee

Analogous

  1. #ee4f23
  2. #eeb423
  3. #c2ee23

Triadic

  1. #eeb423
  2. #23eeb4
  3. #b423ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb423
  2. #5dee23
  3. #235dee
  4. #b423ee

Square

  1. #eeb423
  2. #23ee4f
  3. #235dee
  4. #ee23c2

Monochromatic

  1. #6f5209
  2. #b6860e
  3. #eeb423
  4. #f3cc6a
  5. #f9e4b1

Shades

#eeb423 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb423
  2. #d6a220
  3. #be901c
  4. #a77e19
  5. #8f6c15
  6. #775a12
  7. #5f480e
  8. #47360b
  9. #302407
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb423 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb423
  2. #f0bc39
  3. #f1c34f
  4. #f3cb65
  5. #f5d27b
  6. #f7da91
  7. #f8e1a7
  8. #fae9bd
  9. #fcf0d3
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb423 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb423
  2. #e3af2c
  3. #d8aa36
  4. #cda43f
  5. #c29f48
  6. #b79a52
  7. #ac955b
  8. #a19064
  9. #968a6d
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2ba98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac32d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa29a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb407 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2bd29 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fba97c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb423 {
  color: #eeb423;
}
Background
.bg-eeb423 {
  background-color: #eeb423;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb423 {
  border: 2px solid #eeb423;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb423;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 180 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb423 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb423, #c2ee23);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb423 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 180 35 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.12 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.71 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.26 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.47 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.59 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.60 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.89 #114bdc Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eeb423  rgb(238, 180, 35)  hsl(43, 86%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#235dee  rgb(35, 93, 238)  hsl(223, 86%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#23eeb4  rgb(35, 238, 180)  hsl(163, 86%, 54%)  Aquamarine
#b423ee  rgb(180, 35, 238)  hsl(283, 86%, 54%)  Electric Purple