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#EEBE4C

#eebe4c ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eebe4c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 74.51% green and 29.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.17% magenta, 68.07% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.22°, with 82.65% saturation and 61.57% 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 12.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.31.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5553

Complementary

  1. #eebe4c
  2. #4c7cee

Split complementary

  1. #eebe4c
  2. #4ccdee
  3. #6d4cee

Analogous

  1. #ee6d4c
  2. #eebe4c
  3. #cdee4c

Triadic

  1. #eebe4c
  2. #4ceebe
  3. #be4cee

Tetradic

  1. #eebe4c
  2. #7cee4c
  3. #4c7cee
  4. #be4cee

Square

  1. #eebe4c
  2. #4cee6d
  3. #4c7cee
  4. #ee4ccd

Monochromatic

  1. #936c0e
  2. #d99f15
  3. #eebe4c
  4. #f5d792
  5. #fbf1d8

Shades

#eebe4c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eebe4c
  2. #d6ab44
  3. #be983d
  4. #a78535
  5. #8f722e
  6. #775f26
  7. #5f4c1e
  8. #473917
  9. #30260f
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#eebe4c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eebe4c
  2. #f0c55e
  3. #f1cb70
  4. #f3d282
  5. #f5d894
  6. #f7dfa6
  7. #f8e5b7
  8. #faecc9
  9. #fcf2db
  10. #fdf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eebe4c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eebe4c
  2. #e3b851
  3. #d8b256
  4. #cdab5c
  5. #c2a561
  6. #b79f66
  7. #ac996b
  8. #a19370
  9. #968c76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6c2a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bd3e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfca51 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaea6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfbe44 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c54f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fab58b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eebe4c {
  color: #eebe4c;
}
Background
.bg-eebe4c {
  background-color: #eebe4c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eebe4c {
  border: 2px solid #eebe4c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eebe4c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 190 76;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 83% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eebe4c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eebe4c, #cdee4c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eebe4c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 190 76 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.31 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.64 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.04 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.20 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.31 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.44 #1141b3 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eebe4c  rgb(238, 190, 76)  hsl(42, 83%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#4c7cee  rgb(76, 124, 238)  hsl(222, 83%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#4ceebe  rgb(76, 238, 190)  hsl(162, 83%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#be4cee  rgb(190, 76, 238)  hsl(282, 83%, 62%)  Medium Orchid