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#EEB830

#eeb830 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eeb830 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 72.16% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.69% magenta, 79.83% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.95°, with 84.82% saturation and 56.08% 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 11.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.16.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5267

Complementary

  1. #eeb830
  2. #3066ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb830
  2. #30c5ee
  3. #5930ee

Analogous

  1. #ee5930
  2. #eeb830
  3. #c5ee30

Triadic

  1. #eeb830
  2. #30eeb8
  3. #b830ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb830
  2. #66ee30
  3. #3066ee
  4. #b830ee

Square

  1. #eeb830
  2. #30ee59
  3. #3066ee
  4. #ee30c5

Monochromatic

  1. #7b5b0a
  2. #c28f10
  3. #eeb830
  4. #f4d077
  5. #fae9bd

Shades

#eeb830 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb830
  2. #d6a62b
  3. #be9326
  4. #a78122
  5. #8f6e1d
  6. #775c18
  7. #5f4a13
  8. #47370e
  9. #30250a
  10. #181205
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb830 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb830
  2. #f0bf45
  3. #f1c659
  4. #f3cd6e
  5. #f5d483
  6. #f7dc98
  7. #f8e3ac
  8. #faeac1
  9. #fcf1d6
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb830 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb830
  2. #e3b238
  3. #d8ad40
  4. #cda748
  5. #c2a250
  6. #b79c58
  7. #ac9660
  8. #a19168
  9. #968b70
  10. #8b8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bd9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b80f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc638 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa69f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb820 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c035 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbae81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb830 {
  color: #eeb830;
}
Background
.bg-eeb830 {
  background-color: #eeb830;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb830 {
  border: 2px solid #eeb830;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb830;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 184 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 85% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb830 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb830, #c5ee30);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb830 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 184 48 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.16 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.52 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.73 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.87 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.17 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.13 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.16 #1147cf Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eeb830  rgb(238, 184, 48)  hsl(43, 85%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#3066ee  rgb(48, 102, 238)  hsl(223, 85%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#30eeb8  rgb(48, 238, 184)  hsl(163, 85%, 56%)  Aquamarine
#b830ee  rgb(184, 48, 238)  hsl(283, 85%, 56%)  Electric Purple