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#EFC262

#efc262 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#efc262 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 76.08% green and 38.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.83% magenta, 59% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 40.85°, with 81.5% saturation and 66.08% 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 12.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.46.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5782

Complementary

  1. #efc262
  2. #628fef

Split complementary

  1. #efc262
  2. #62d6ef
  3. #7c62ef

Analogous

  1. #ef7c62
  2. #efc262
  3. #d6ef62

Triadic

  1. #efc262
  2. #62efc2
  3. #c262ef

Tetradic

  1. #efc262
  2. #8fef62
  3. #628fef
  4. #c262ef

Square

  1. #efc262
  2. #62ef7c
  3. #628fef
  4. #ef62d6

Monochromatic

  1. #a77711
  2. #e8a71d
  3. #efc262
  4. #f6dda7
  5. #fdf8ec

Shades

#efc262 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efc262
  2. #d7af58
  3. #bf9b4e
  4. #a78845
  5. #8f743b
  6. #786131
  7. #604e27
  8. #483a1d
  9. #302714
  10. #18130a
  11. #000000

Tints

#efc262 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efc262
  2. #f1c872
  3. #f2ce81
  4. #f4d491
  5. #f5daa1
  6. #f7e1b1
  7. #f9e7c0
  8. #faedd0
  9. #fcf3e0
  10. #fdf9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efc262 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efc262
  2. #e4bb65
  3. #d9b568
  4. #ceae6b
  5. #c3a86e
  6. #b8a171
  7. #ac9a74
  8. #a19477
  9. #968d7a
  10. #8b877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9c6a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6c159 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1cd65 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb3ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1c25d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7c964 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fab994 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efc262 {
  color: #efc262;
}
Background
.bg-efc262 {
  background-color: #efc262;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efc262 {
  border: 2px solid #efc262;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efc262;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 194 98;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 82% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efc262 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efc262, #d6ef62);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efc262 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 194 98 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.46 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.63 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 5.65 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.50 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.81 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 7.28 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.31 #103d9d Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efc262  rgb(239, 194, 98)  hsl(41, 82%, 66%)  Meat Brown
#628fef  rgb(98, 143, 239)  hsl(221, 82%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#62efc2  rgb(98, 239, 194)  hsl(161, 82%, 66%)  Aquamarine
#c262ef  rgb(194, 98, 239)  hsl(281, 82%, 66%)  Medium Orchid