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#EFB642

#efb642 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#efb642 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 71.37% green and 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.85% magenta, 72.38% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 40.23°, with 84.39% saturation and 59.8% 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 11.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.38.

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Relative luminance0.522

Complementary

  1. #efb642
  2. #427bef

Split complementary

  1. #efb642
  2. #42d1ef
  3. #5f42ef

Analogous

  1. #ef5f42
  2. #efb642
  3. #d1ef42

Triadic

  1. #efb642
  2. #42efb6
  3. #b642ef

Tetradic

  1. #efb642
  2. #7bef42
  3. #427bef
  4. #b642ef

Square

  1. #efb642
  2. #42ef5f
  3. #427bef
  4. #ef42d1

Monochromatic

  1. #8c620c
  2. #d39312
  3. #efb642
  4. #f5d189
  5. #fbeccf

Shades

#efb642 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efb642
  2. #d7a43b
  3. #bf9235
  4. #a77f2e
  5. #8f6d28
  6. #785b21
  7. #60491a
  8. #483714
  9. #30240d
  10. #181207
  11. #000000

Tints

#efb642 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efb642
  2. #f1bd55
  3. #f2c568
  4. #f4cc7b
  5. #f5d38e
  6. #f7dba1
  7. #f9e2b3
  8. #fae9c6
  9. #fcf0d9
  10. #fdf8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efb642 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efb642
  2. #e4b148
  3. #d9ab4e
  4. #cea655
  5. #c3a05b
  6. #b89b61
  7. #ac9667
  8. #a1906d
  9. #968b74
  10. #8b857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bc9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb732 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc547 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa59e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb639 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3bf45 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbac83 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efb642 {
  color: #efb642;
}
Background
.bg-efb642 {
  background-color: #efb642;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efb642 {
  border: 2px solid #efb642;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efb642;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 182 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 84% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efb642 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efb642, #d1ef42);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efb642 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 182 66 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.38 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.12 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.18 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.42 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.52 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.82 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.82 #1049bd Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efb642  rgb(239, 182, 66)  hsl(40, 84%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#427bef  rgb(66, 123, 239)  hsl(220, 84%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#42efb6  rgb(66, 239, 182)  hsl(160, 84%, 60%)  Aquamarine
#b642ef  rgb(182, 66, 239)  hsl(280, 84%, 60%)  Electric Purple