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#EEB83C

#eeb83c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eeb83c 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 23.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.69% magenta, 74.79% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 41.8°, with 83.96% saturation and 58.43% 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 11.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.23.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5278

Complementary

  1. #eeb83c
  2. #3c72ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb83c
  2. #3ccbee
  3. #5f3cee

Analogous

  1. #ee5f3c
  2. #eeb83c
  3. #cbee3c

Triadic

  1. #eeb83c
  2. #3ceeb8
  3. #b83cee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb83c
  2. #72ee3c
  3. #3c72ee
  4. #b83cee

Square

  1. #eeb83c
  2. #3cee5f
  3. #3c72ee
  4. #ee3ccb

Monochromatic

  1. #85600c
  2. #cc9312
  3. #eeb83c
  4. #f4d282
  5. #faebc9

Shades

#eeb83c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb83c
  2. #d6a636
  3. #be9330
  4. #a7812a
  5. #8f6e24
  6. #775c1e
  7. #5f4a18
  8. #473712
  9. #30250c
  10. #181206
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb83c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb83c
  2. #f0bf50
  3. #f1c663
  4. #f3cd77
  5. #f5d48a
  6. #f7dc9e
  7. #f8e3b1
  8. #faeac5
  9. #fcf1d8
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb83c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb83c
  2. #e3b243
  3. #d8ad4a
  4. #cda750
  5. #c2a257
  6. #b79c5e
  7. #ac9665
  8. #a1916c
  9. #968b72
  10. #8b8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bd9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb828 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc642 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa7a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb831 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c040 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #faae83 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb83c {
  color: #eeb83c;
}
Background
.bg-eeb83c {
  background-color: #eeb83c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb83c {
  border: 2px solid #eeb83c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb83c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 184 60;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 84% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb83c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb83c, #cbee3c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb83c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 184 60 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.23 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.16 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.41 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.71 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.92 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.13 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.48 #1147c3 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eeb83c  rgb(238, 184, 60)  hsl(42, 84%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#3c72ee  rgb(60, 114, 238)  hsl(222, 84%, 58%)  Brandeis Blue
#3ceeb8  rgb(60, 238, 184)  hsl(162, 84%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#b83cee  rgb(184, 60, 238)  hsl(282, 84%, 58%)  Electric Purple