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#EEC04D

#eec04d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eec04d 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 30.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.33% magenta, 67.65% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.86°, with 82.56% saturation and 61.76% 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 12.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.49.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5641

Complementary

  1. #eec04d
  2. #4d7bee

Split complementary

  1. #eec04d
  2. #4dcbee
  3. #6f4dee

Analogous

  1. #ee6f4d
  2. #eec04d
  3. #cbee4d

Triadic

  1. #eec04d
  2. #4deec0
  3. #c04dee

Tetradic

  1. #eec04d
  2. #7bee4d
  3. #4d7bee
  4. #c04dee

Square

  1. #eec04d
  2. #4dee6f
  3. #4d7bee
  4. #ee4dcb

Monochromatic

  1. #946e0e
  2. #daa115
  3. #eec04d
  4. #f5d993
  5. #fbf1d9

Shades

#eec04d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eec04d
  2. #d6ad45
  3. #be9a3e
  4. #a78636
  5. #8f732e
  6. #776027
  7. #5f4d1f
  8. #473a17
  9. #30260f
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#eec04d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eec04d
  2. #f0c65f
  3. #f1cd71
  4. #f3d382
  5. #f5d994
  6. #f7e0a6
  7. #f8e6b8
  8. #faecca
  9. #fcf2db
  10. #fdf9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eec04d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eec04d
  2. #e3ba52
  3. #d8b357
  4. #cdad5c
  5. #c2a661
  6. #b7a067
  7. #ac9a6c
  8. #a19371
  9. #968d76
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7c4a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6bf3f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1cb52 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb0a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0bf45 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6c750 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fab78d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eec04d {
  color: #eec04d;
}
Background
.bg-eec04d {
  background-color: #eec04d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eec04d {
  border: 2px solid #eec04d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eec04d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 192 77;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 83% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eec04d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eec04d, #cbee4d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eec04d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 192 77 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.49 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.26 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.66 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.16 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.25 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.47 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.53 #113fb2 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eec04d  rgb(238, 192, 77)  hsl(43, 83%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#4d7bee  rgb(77, 123, 238)  hsl(223, 83%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#4deec0  rgb(77, 238, 192)  hsl(163, 83%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#c04dee  rgb(192, 77, 238)  hsl(283, 83%, 62%)  Medium Orchid