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#EFB540

#efb540 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#efb540 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 70.98% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.27% magenta, 73.22% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 40.11°, with 84.54% saturation and 59.41% 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 11.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5177

Complementary

  1. #efb540
  2. #407aef

Split complementary

  1. #efb540
  2. #40d2ef
  3. #5d40ef

Analogous

  1. #ef5d40
  2. #efb540
  3. #d2ef40

Triadic

  1. #efb540
  2. #40efb5
  3. #b540ef

Tetradic

  1. #efb540
  2. #7aef40
  3. #407aef
  4. #b540ef

Square

  1. #efb540
  2. #40ef5d
  3. #407aef
  4. #ef40d2

Monochromatic

  1. #8a600c
  2. #d19212
  3. #efb540
  4. #f5d087
  5. #fbeccd

Shades

#efb540 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efb540
  2. #d7a33a
  3. #bf9133
  4. #a77f2d
  5. #8f6d26
  6. #785b20
  7. #60481a
  8. #483613
  9. #30240d
  10. #181206
  11. #000000

Tints

#efb540 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efb540
  2. #f1bc53
  3. #f2c466
  4. #f4cb79
  5. #f5d38c
  6. #f7daa0
  7. #f9e1b3
  8. #fae9c6
  9. #fcf0d9
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efb540 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efb540
  2. #e4b046
  3. #d9aa4d
  4. #cea553
  5. #c3a05a
  6. #b89b60
  7. #ac9566
  8. #a1906d
  9. #968b73
  10. #8b857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bb9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb62f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac445 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa49d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb636 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3be43 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbab82 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efb540 {
  color: #efb540;
}
Background
.bg-efb540 {
  background-color: #efb540;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efb540 {
  border: 2px solid #efb540;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efb540;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 181 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 85% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efb540 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efb540, #d2ef40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efb540 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 181 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.58 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.98 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.21 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.24 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.51 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.74 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.92 #104abf Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efb540  rgb(239, 181, 64)  hsl(40, 85%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#407aef  rgb(64, 122, 239)  hsl(220, 85%, 59%)  Brandeis Blue
#40efb5  rgb(64, 239, 181)  hsl(160, 85%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#b540ef  rgb(181, 64, 239)  hsl(280, 85%, 59%)  Electric Purple