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#EFB427

#efb427 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#efb427 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 70.59% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.69% magenta, 83.68% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 42.3°, with 86.21% saturation and 54.51% 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 11.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.3.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5114

Complementary

  1. #efb427
  2. #2762ef

Split complementary

  1. #efb427
  2. #27c6ef
  3. #5027ef

Analogous

  1. #ef5027
  2. #efb427
  3. #c6ef27

Triadic

  1. #efb427
  2. #27efb4
  3. #b427ef

Tetradic

  1. #efb427
  2. #62ef27
  3. #2762ef
  4. #b427ef

Square

  1. #efb427
  2. #27ef50
  3. #2762ef
  4. #ef27c6

Monochromatic

  1. #745509
  2. #bc880e
  3. #efb427
  4. #f4cd6e
  5. #fae5b5

Shades

#efb427 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efb427
  2. #d7a223
  3. #bf901f
  4. #a77e1b
  5. #8f6c17
  6. #785a14
  7. #604810
  8. #48360c
  9. #302408
  10. #181204
  11. #000000

Tints

#efb427 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efb427
  2. #f1bc3d
  3. #f2c352
  4. #f4cb68
  5. #f5d27d
  6. #f7da93
  7. #f9e1a9
  8. #fae9be
  9. #fcf0d4
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efb427 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efb427
  2. #e4af30
  3. #d9aa39
  4. #cea442
  5. #c39f4b
  6. #b89a54
  7. #ac955c
  8. #a19065
  9. #968a6e
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3ba98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc430 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb411 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3be2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fca97d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efb427 {
  color: #efb427;
}
Background
.bg-efb427 {
  background-color: #efb427;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efb427 {
  border: 2px solid #efb427;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efb427;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 180 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 86% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efb427 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efb427, #c6ef27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efb427 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 180 39 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.30 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.78 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.46 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.54 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.83 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.89 #104bd8 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efb427  rgb(239, 180, 39)  hsl(42, 86%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2762ef  rgb(39, 98, 239)  hsl(222, 86%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#27efb4  rgb(39, 239, 180)  hsl(162, 86%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#b427ef  rgb(180, 39, 239)  hsl(282, 86%, 55%)  Electric Purple