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#EEBB2A

#eebb2a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eebb2a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 73.33% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.43% magenta, 82.35% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 44.39°, with 85.22% saturation and 54.9% 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 11.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.29.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5388

Complementary

  1. #eebb2a
  2. #2a5dee

Split complementary

  1. #eebb2a
  2. #2abfee
  3. #592aee

Analogous

  1. #ee592a
  2. #eebb2a
  3. #bfee2a

Triadic

  1. #eebb2a
  2. #2aeebb
  3. #bb2aee

Tetradic

  1. #eebb2a
  2. #5dee2a
  3. #2a5dee
  4. #bb2aee

Square

  1. #eebb2a
  2. #2aee59
  3. #2a5dee
  4. #ee2abf

Monochromatic

  1. #765909
  2. #bc8f0f
  3. #eebb2a
  4. #f4d271
  5. #f9e8b8

Shades

#eebb2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eebb2a
  2. #d6a826
  3. #be9622
  4. #a7831d
  5. #8f7019
  6. #775e15
  7. #5f4b11
  8. #47380d
  9. #302508
  10. #181304
  11. #000000

Tints

#eebb2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eebb2a
  2. #f0c23f
  3. #f1c955
  4. #f3cf6a
  5. #f5d67f
  6. #f7dd95
  7. #f8e4aa
  8. #faebbf
  9. #fcf1d4
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eebb2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eebb2a
  2. #e3b533
  3. #d8af3b
  4. #cda944
  5. #c2a34c
  6. #b79e55
  7. #ac985e
  8. #a19266
  9. #968c6f
  10. #8b8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5bf9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc833 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa9a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #deba15 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c330 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbb182 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eebb2a {
  color: #eebb2a;
}
Background
.bg-eebb2a {
  background-color: #eebb2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eebb2a {
  border: 2px solid #eebb2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eebb2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 187 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eebb2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eebb2a, #bfee2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eebb2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 187 42 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.29 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.32 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.11 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.49 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.58 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.20 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.88 #1144d5 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eebb2a  rgb(238, 187, 42)  hsl(44, 85%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2a5dee  rgb(42, 93, 238)  hsl(224, 85%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2aeebb  rgb(42, 238, 187)  hsl(164, 85%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#bb2aee  rgb(187, 42, 238)  hsl(284, 85%, 55%)  Electric Purple