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#EEB426

#eeb426 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeb426 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 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.37% magenta, 84.03% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.6°, with 85.47% saturation and 54.12% 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 3.08.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5096

Complementary

  1. #eeb426
  2. #2660ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb426
  2. #26c4ee
  3. #5026ee

Analogous

  1. #ee5026
  2. #eeb426
  3. #c4ee26

Triadic

  1. #eeb426
  2. #26eeb4
  3. #b426ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb426
  2. #60ee26
  3. #2660ee
  4. #b426ee

Square

  1. #eeb426
  2. #26ee50
  3. #2660ee
  4. #ee26c4

Monochromatic

  1. #725409
  2. #b9880e
  3. #eeb426
  4. #f4cd6d
  5. #f9e5b4

Shades

#eeb426 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb426
  2. #d6a222
  3. #be901e
  4. #a77e1b
  5. #8f6c17
  6. #775a13
  7. #5f480f
  8. #47360b
  9. #302408
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb426 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb426
  2. #f0bc3c
  3. #f1c351
  4. #f3cb67
  5. #f5d27d
  6. #f7da93
  7. #f8e1a8
  8. #fae9be
  9. #fcf0d4
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb426 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb426
  2. #e3af2f
  3. #d8aa38
  4. #cda441
  5. #c29f4a
  6. #b79a53
  7. #ac955c
  8. #a19065
  9. #968a6e
  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 #ccb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac32f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb40f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2bd2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fba97c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb426 {
  color: #eeb426;
}
Background
.bg-eeb426 {
  background-color: #eeb426;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb426 {
  border: 2px solid #eeb426;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb426;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 180 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb426 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb426, #c4ee26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb426 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 180 38 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.08 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.81 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.38 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.44 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.67 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.88 #114bd9 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eeb426  rgb(238, 180, 38)  hsl(43, 85%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#2660ee  rgb(38, 96, 238)  hsl(223, 85%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#26eeb4  rgb(38, 238, 180)  hsl(163, 85%, 54%)  Aquamarine
#b426ee  rgb(180, 38, 238)  hsl(283, 85%, 54%)  Electric Purple