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#EEC661

#eec661 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eec661 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 77.65% green and 38.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.81% magenta, 59.24% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.98°, with 80.57% saturation and 65.69% 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 12.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.57.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5943

Complementary

  1. #eec661
  2. #6189ee

Split complementary

  1. #eec661
  2. #61d0ee
  3. #8061ee

Analogous

  1. #ee8061
  2. #eec661
  3. #d0ee61

Triadic

  1. #eec661
  2. #61eec6
  3. #c661ee

Tetradic

  1. #eec661
  2. #89ee61
  3. #6189ee
  4. #c661ee

Square

  1. #eec661
  2. #61ee80
  3. #6189ee
  4. #ee61d0

Monochromatic

  1. #a47b12
  2. #e7ad1c
  3. #eec661
  4. #f5dfa6
  5. #fdf8eb

Shades

#eec661 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eec661
  2. #d6b257
  3. #be9e4e
  4. #a78b44
  5. #8f773a
  6. #776331
  7. #5f4f27
  8. #473b1d
  9. #302813
  10. #18140a
  11. #000000

Tints

#eec661 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eec661
  2. #f0cc71
  3. #f1d181
  4. #f3d790
  5. #f5dda0
  6. #f7e3b0
  7. #f8e8c0
  8. #faeed0
  9. #fcf4df
  10. #fdf9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eec661 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eec661
  2. #e3bf64
  3. #d8b867
  4. #cdb16a
  5. #c2aa6d
  6. #b7a371
  7. #ac9c74
  8. #a19577
  9. #968e7a
  10. #8b877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dac9aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dac457 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4cf65 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb7af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2c55b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8cc63 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9bd96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eec661 {
  color: #eec661;
}
Background
.bg-eec661 {
  background-color: #eec661;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eec661 {
  border: 2px solid #eec661;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eec661;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 198 97;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 81% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eec661 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eec661, #d0ee61);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eec661 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 198 97 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.57 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.92 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.75 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.85 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 6.14 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.65 #11399e Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#eec661  rgb(238, 198, 97)  hsl(43, 81%, 66%)  Meat Brown
#6189ee  rgb(97, 137, 238)  hsl(223, 81%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#61eec6  rgb(97, 238, 198)  hsl(163, 81%, 66%)  Aquamarine
#c661ee  rgb(198, 97, 238)  hsl(283, 81%, 66%)  Medium Orchid