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#EFC156

#efc156 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#efc156 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 75.69% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.25% magenta, 64.02% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 41.96°, with 82.7% saturation and 63.73% 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 12.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.24.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5716

Complementary

  1. #efc156
  2. #5684ef

Split complementary

  1. #efc156
  2. #56d1ef
  3. #7556ef

Analogous

  1. #ef7556
  2. #efc156
  3. #d1ef56

Triadic

  1. #efc156
  2. #56efc1
  3. #c156ef

Tetradic

  1. #efc156
  2. #84ef56
  3. #5684ef
  4. #c156ef

Square

  1. #efc156
  2. #56ef75
  3. #5684ef
  4. #ef56d1

Monochromatic

  1. #9d720f
  2. #e3a515
  3. #efc156
  4. #f6db9c
  5. #fcf4e2

Shades

#efc156 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efc156
  2. #d7ae4d
  3. #bf9a45
  4. #a7873c
  5. #8f7434
  6. #78612b
  7. #604d22
  8. #483a1a
  9. #302711
  10. #181309
  11. #000000

Tints

#efc156 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efc156
  2. #f1c767
  3. #f2cd78
  4. #f4d489
  5. #f5da9a
  6. #f7e0ab
  7. #f9e6bb
  8. #faeccc
  9. #fcf3dd
  10. #fdf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efc156 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efc156
  2. #e4bb5a
  3. #d9b45e
  4. #ceae63
  5. #c3a767
  6. #b8a16b
  7. #ac9a6f
  8. #a19473
  9. #968d78
  10. #8b877c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8c5a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6c04a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1cc5a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb2aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1c04f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7c859 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbb890 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efc156 {
  color: #efc156;
}
Background
.bg-efc156 {
  background-color: #efc156;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efc156 {
  border: 2px solid #efc156;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efc156;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 193 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 83% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efc156 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efc156, #d1ef56);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efc156 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 193 86 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.24 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.17 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.28 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.94 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.00 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.16 #103ea9 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efc156  rgb(239, 193, 86)  hsl(42, 83%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#5684ef  rgb(86, 132, 239)  hsl(222, 83%, 64%)  United Nations Blue
#56efc1  rgb(86, 239, 193)  hsl(162, 83%, 64%)  Aquamarine
#c156ef  rgb(193, 86, 239)  hsl(282, 83%, 64%)  Medium Orchid