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#EFB42D

#efb42d ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#efb42d 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 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.69% magenta, 81.17% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 41.75°, with 85.84% saturation and 55.69% 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 11.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.29.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5118

Complementary

  1. #efb42d
  2. #2d68ef

Split complementary

  1. #efb42d
  2. #2dc9ef
  3. #532def

Analogous

  1. #ef532d
  2. #efb42d
  3. #c9ef2d

Triadic

  1. #efb42d
  2. #2defb4
  3. #b42def

Tetradic

  1. #efb42d
  2. #68ef2d
  3. #2d68ef
  4. #b42def

Square

  1. #efb42d
  2. #2def53
  3. #2d68ef
  4. #ef2dc9

Monochromatic

  1. #7a5809
  2. #c18b0f
  3. #efb42d
  4. #f4cd74
  5. #fae7bb

Shades

#efb42d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efb42d
  2. #d7a229
  3. #bf9024
  4. #a77e20
  5. #8f6c1b
  6. #785a17
  7. #604812
  8. #48360e
  9. #302409
  10. #181205
  11. #000000

Tints

#efb42d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efb42d
  2. #f1bc42
  3. #f2c357
  4. #f4cb6c
  5. #f5d281
  6. #f7da96
  7. #f9e1ab
  8. #fae9c0
  9. #fcf0d5
  10. #fdf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efb42d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efb42d
  2. #e4af35
  3. #d9aa3e
  4. #cea446
  5. #c39f4e
  6. #b89a57
  7. #ac955f
  8. #a19067
  9. #968a6f
  10. #8b8578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3ba99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb508 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac434 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa29b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb41c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3be32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fca97e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efb42d {
  color: #efb42d;
}
Background
.bg-efb42d {
  background-color: #efb42d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efb42d {
  border: 2px solid #efb42d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efb42d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 180 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 86% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efb42d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efb42d, #c9ef2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efb42d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 180 45 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.29 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.06 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.52 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.77 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.02 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.02 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.68 #104bd2 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efb42d  rgb(239, 180, 45)  hsl(42, 86%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#2d68ef  rgb(45, 104, 239)  hsl(222, 86%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#2defb4  rgb(45, 239, 180)  hsl(162, 86%, 56%)  Aquamarine
#b42def  rgb(180, 45, 239)  hsl(282, 86%, 56%)  Electric Purple