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#EEC057

#eec057 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eec057 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 75.29% green and 34.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.33% magenta, 63.45% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 41.72°, with 81.62% saturation and 63.73% 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 12.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.23.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5656

Complementary

  1. #eec057
  2. #5785ee

Split complementary

  1. #eec057
  2. #57d1ee
  3. #7557ee

Analogous

  1. #ee7557
  2. #eec057
  3. #d1ee57

Triadic

  1. #eec057
  2. #57eec0
  3. #c057ee

Tetradic

  1. #eec057
  2. #85ee57
  3. #5785ee
  4. #c057ee

Square

  1. #eec057
  2. #57ee75
  3. #5785ee
  4. #ee57d1

Monochromatic

  1. #9c7110
  2. #e2a417
  3. #eec057
  4. #f5da9c
  5. #fcf4e2

Shades

#eec057 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eec057
  2. #d6ad4e
  3. #be9a46
  4. #a7863d
  5. #8f7334
  6. #77602c
  7. #5f4d23
  8. #473a1a
  9. #302611
  10. #181309
  11. #000000

Tints

#eec057 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eec057
  2. #f0c668
  3. #f1cd79
  4. #f3d389
  5. #f5d99a
  6. #f7e0ab
  7. #f8e6bc
  8. #faeccd
  9. #fcf2dd
  10. #fdf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eec057 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eec057
  2. #e3ba5b
  3. #d8b35f
  4. #cdad63
  5. #c2a667
  6. #b7a06c
  7. #ac9a70
  8. #a19374
  9. #968d78
  10. #8b867c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7c4a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bf4c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0cb5b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb1a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfbf50 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6c759 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9b78f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eec057 {
  color: #eec057;
}
Background
.bg-eec057 {
  background-color: #eec057;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eec057 {
  border: 2px solid #eec057;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eec057;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 192 87;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 82% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eec057 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eec057, #d1ee57);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eec057 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 192 87 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.23 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.48 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.63 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.91 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.19 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.23 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.36 #113fa8 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eec057  rgb(238, 192, 87)  hsl(42, 82%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#5785ee  rgb(87, 133, 238)  hsl(222, 82%, 64%)  United Nations Blue
#57eec0  rgb(87, 238, 192)  hsl(162, 82%, 64%)  Aquamarine
#c057ee  rgb(192, 87, 238)  hsl(282, 82%, 64%)  Medium Orchid