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#EFBA38

#efba38 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#efba38 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 72.94% green and 21.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.18% magenta, 76.57% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 42.62°, with 85.12% saturation and 57.84% 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 11.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.06.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5375

Complementary

  1. #efba38
  2. #386def

Split complementary

  1. #efba38
  2. #38c9ef
  3. #5e38ef

Analogous

  1. #ef5e38
  2. #efba38
  3. #c9ef38

Triadic

  1. #efba38
  2. #38efba
  3. #ba38ef

Tetradic

  1. #efba38
  2. #6def38
  3. #386def
  4. #ba38ef

Square

  1. #efba38
  2. #38ef5e
  3. #386def
  4. #ef38c9

Monochromatic

  1. #83600b
  2. #ca9410
  3. #efba38
  4. #f5d37f
  5. #faebc6

Shades

#efba38 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efba38
  2. #d7a732
  3. #bf952d
  4. #a78227
  5. #8f7022
  6. #785d1c
  7. #604a16
  8. #483811
  9. #30250b
  10. #181306
  11. #000000

Tints

#efba38 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efba38
  2. #f1c14c
  3. #f2c860
  4. #f4cf74
  5. #f5d688
  6. #f7dd9c
  7. #f9e3af
  8. #faeac3
  9. #fcf1d7
  10. #fdf8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efba38 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efba38
  2. #e4b43f
  3. #d9ae46
  4. #cea94e
  5. #c3a355
  6. #b89d5c
  7. #ac9763
  8. #a1916a
  9. #968c72
  10. #8b8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5bf9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1ba20 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec73f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa9a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #deba2b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c23c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbb084 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efba38 {
  color: #efba38;
}
Background
.bg-efba38 {
  background-color: #efba38;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efba38 {
  border: 2px solid #efba38;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efba38;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 186 56;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 85% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efba38 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efba38, #c9ef38);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efba38 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 186 56 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.06 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.30 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.89 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.97 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.20 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.89 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.48 #1045c7 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efba38  rgb(239, 186, 56)  hsl(43, 85%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#386def  rgb(56, 109, 239)  hsl(223, 85%, 58%)  Royal Blue
#38efba  rgb(56, 239, 186)  hsl(163, 85%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#ba38ef  rgb(186, 56, 239)  hsl(283, 85%, 58%)  Electric Purple