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#EEC049

#eec049 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eec049 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 75.29% green and 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.33% magenta, 69.33% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 43.27°, with 82.91% saturation and 60.98% 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 12.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.34.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5636

Complementary

  1. #eec049
  2. #4977ee

Split complementary

  1. #eec049
  2. #49caee
  3. #6d49ee

Analogous

  1. #ee6d49
  2. #eec049
  3. #caee49

Triadic

  1. #eec049
  2. #49eec0
  3. #c049ee

Tetradic

  1. #eec049
  2. #77ee49
  3. #4977ee
  4. #c049ee

Square

  1. #eec049
  2. #49ee6d
  3. #4977ee
  4. #ee49ca

Monochromatic

  1. #906c0e
  2. #d6a014
  3. #eec049
  4. #f5d88f
  5. #fbf0d5

Shades

#eec049 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eec049
  2. #d6ad42
  3. #be9a3a
  4. #a78633
  5. #8f732c
  6. #776025
  7. #5f4d1d
  8. #473a16
  9. #30260f
  10. #181307
  11. #000000

Tints

#eec049 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eec049
  2. #f0c65b
  3. #f1cd6d
  4. #f3d380
  5. #f5d992
  6. #f7e0a4
  7. #f8e6b6
  8. #faecc8
  9. #fcf2db
  10. #fdf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eec049 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eec049
  2. #e3ba4f
  3. #d8b354
  4. #cdad5a
  5. #c2a65f
  6. #b7a065
  7. #ac9a6a
  8. #a19370
  9. #968d75
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7c4a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6bf39 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1cb4e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb0a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0bf40 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6c74c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fab78b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eec049 {
  color: #eec049;
}
Background
.bg-eec049 {
  background-color: #eec049;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eec049 {
  border: 2px solid #eec049;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eec049;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 192 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 83% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eec049 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eec049, #caee49);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eec049 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 192 73 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.34 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.83 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.34 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.80 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.92 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.38 #113fb6 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eec049  rgb(238, 192, 73)  hsl(43, 83%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#4977ee  rgb(73, 119, 238)  hsl(223, 83%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#49eec0  rgb(73, 238, 192)  hsl(163, 83%, 61%)  Aquamarine
#c049ee  rgb(192, 73, 238)  hsl(283, 83%, 61%)  Medium Orchid