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#EFBE51

#efbe51 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#efbe51 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 74.51% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.5% magenta, 66.11% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 41.39°, with 83.16% saturation and 62.75% 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 12.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 2.86.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5577

Complementary

  1. #efbe51
  2. #5182ef

Split complementary

  1. #efbe51
  2. #51d1ef
  3. #6f51ef

Analogous

  1. #ef6f51
  2. #efbe51
  3. #d1ef51

Triadic

  1. #efbe51
  2. #51efbe
  3. #be51ef

Tetradic

  1. #efbe51
  2. #82ef51
  3. #5182ef
  4. #be51ef

Square

  1. #efbe51
  2. #51ef6f
  3. #5182ef
  4. #ef51d1

Monochromatic

  1. #996e0e
  2. #dfa015
  3. #efbe51
  4. #f5d897
  5. #fcf2dd

Shades

#efbe51 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efbe51
  2. #d7ab49
  3. #bf9841
  4. #a78539
  5. #8f7231
  6. #785f29
  7. #604c20
  8. #483918
  9. #302610
  10. #181308
  11. #000000

Tints

#efbe51 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efbe51
  2. #f1c562
  3. #f2cb74
  4. #f4d285
  5. #f5d897
  6. #f7dfa8
  7. #f9e5b9
  8. #faeccb
  9. #fcf2dc
  10. #fdf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efbe51 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efbe51
  2. #e4b856
  3. #d9b25a
  4. #ceab5f
  5. #c3a564
  6. #b89f69
  7. #ac996d
  8. #a19372
  9. #968c77
  10. #8b867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7c2a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bd44 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfca55 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaea7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfbe4a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6c554 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbb58c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efbe51 {
  color: #efbe51;
}
Background
.bg-efbe51 {
  background-color: #efbe51;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efbe51 {
  border: 2px solid #efbe51;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efbe51;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 190 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 83% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efbe51 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efbe51, #d1ef51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efbe51 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 190 81 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.86 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.30 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.52 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.69 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.69 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.86 #1041ae Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efbe51  rgb(239, 190, 81)  hsl(41, 83%, 63%)  Meat Brown
#5182ef  rgb(81, 130, 239)  hsl(221, 83%, 63%)  United Nations Blue
#51efbe  rgb(81, 239, 190)  hsl(161, 83%, 63%)  Aquamarine
#be51ef  rgb(190, 81, 239)  hsl(281, 83%, 63%)  Medium Orchid