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#EEBB31

#eebb31 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eebb31 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 73.33% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.43% magenta, 79.41% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 43.81°, with 84.75% saturation and 56.27% 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 11.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 1.99.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5394

Complementary

  1. #eebb31
  2. #3164ee

Split complementary

  1. #eebb31
  2. #31c2ee
  3. #5c31ee

Analogous

  1. #ee5c31
  2. #eebb31
  3. #c2ee31

Triadic

  1. #eebb31
  2. #31eebb
  3. #bb31ee

Tetradic

  1. #eebb31
  2. #64ee31
  3. #3164ee
  4. #bb31ee

Square

  1. #eebb31
  2. #31ee5c
  3. #3164ee
  4. #ee31c2

Monochromatic

  1. #7c5d0a
  2. #c29210
  3. #eebb31
  4. #f4d278
  5. #faeabe

Shades

#eebb31 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eebb31
  2. #d6a82c
  3. #be9627
  4. #a78322
  5. #8f701d
  6. #775e19
  7. #5f4b14
  8. #47380f
  9. #30250a
  10. #181305
  11. #000000

Tints

#eebb31 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eebb31
  2. #f0c246
  3. #f1c95a
  4. #f3cf6f
  5. #f5d683
  6. #f7dd98
  7. #f8e4ad
  8. #faebc1
  9. #fcf1d6
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eebb31 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eebb31
  2. #e3b539
  3. #d8af41
  4. #cda949
  5. #c2a351
  6. #b79e59
  7. #ac9860
  8. #a19268
  9. #968c70
  10. #8b8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5bf9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba10 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc839 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaaa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #deba21 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c336 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fab183 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eebb31 {
  color: #eebb31;
}
Background
.bg-eebb31 {
  background-color: #eebb31;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eebb31 {
  border: 2px solid #eebb31;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eebb31;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 187 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 85% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eebb31 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eebb31, #c2ee31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eebb31 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 187 49 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 1.99 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.51 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.43 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.75 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.76 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.34 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.21 #1144ce Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eebb31  rgb(238, 187, 49)  hsl(44, 85%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#3164ee  rgb(49, 100, 238)  hsl(224, 85%, 56%)  Ultramarine Blue
#31eebb  rgb(49, 238, 187)  hsl(164, 85%, 56%)  Aquamarine
#bb31ee  rgb(187, 49, 238)  hsl(284, 85%, 56%)  Electric Purple