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#EFC463

#efc463 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#efc463 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 76.86% green and 38.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.99% magenta, 58.58% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 41.57°, with 81.4% saturation and 66.27% 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 12.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 4.57.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5873

Complementary

  1. #efc463
  2. #638eef

Split complementary

  1. #efc463
  2. #63d4ef
  3. #7e63ef

Analogous

  1. #ef7e63
  2. #efc463
  3. #d4ef63

Triadic

  1. #efc463
  2. #63efc4
  3. #c463ef

Tetradic

  1. #efc463
  2. #8eef63
  3. #638eef
  4. #c463ef

Square

  1. #efc463
  2. #63ef7e
  3. #638eef
  4. #ef63d4

Monochromatic

  1. #a87a11
  2. #e8aa1e
  3. #efc463
  4. #f6dea8
  5. #fdf8ec

Shades

#efc463 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efc463
  2. #d7b059
  3. #bf9d4f
  4. #a78945
  5. #8f763b
  6. #786232
  7. #604e28
  8. #483b1e
  9. #302714
  10. #18140a
  11. #000000

Tints

#efc463 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efc463
  2. #f1ca73
  3. #f2d082
  4. #f4d692
  5. #f5dca1
  6. #f7e2b1
  7. #f9e7c1
  8. #faedd0
  9. #fcf3e0
  10. #fdf9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efc463 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efc463
  2. #e4bd66
  3. #d9b669
  4. #ceb06c
  5. #c3a96f
  6. #b8a272
  7. #ac9b74
  8. #a19477
  9. #968e7a
  10. #8b877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dac7aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8c35a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2ce67 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb5ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2c35e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8ca65 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fabb96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efc463 {
  color: #efc463;
}
Background
.bg-efc463 {
  background-color: #efc463;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efc463 {
  border: 2px solid #efc463;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efc463;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 196 99;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 81% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efc463 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efc463, #d4ef63);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efc463 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 196 99 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.57 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.40 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 6.07 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.22 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.83 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.91 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 7.11 #103b9c Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efc463  rgb(239, 196, 99)  hsl(42, 81%, 66%)  Meat Brown
#638eef  rgb(99, 142, 239)  hsl(222, 81%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#63efc4  rgb(99, 239, 196)  hsl(162, 81%, 66%)  Aquamarine
#c463ef  rgb(196, 99, 239)  hsl(282, 81%, 66%)  Medium Orchid