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#EFC66A

#efc66a ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#efc66a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 77.65% green and 41.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.15% magenta, 55.65% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 41.5°, with 80.61% saturation and 67.65% 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 12.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 5.41.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5978

Complementary

  1. #efc66a
  2. #6a93ef

Split complementary

  1. #efc66a
  2. #6ad6ef
  3. #846aef

Analogous

  1. #ef846a
  2. #efc66a
  3. #d6ef6a

Triadic

  1. #efc66a
  2. #6aefc6
  3. #c66aef

Tetradic

  1. #efc66a
  2. #93ef6a
  3. #6a93ef
  4. #c66aef

Square

  1. #efc66a
  2. #6aef84
  3. #6a93ef
  4. #ef6ad6

Monochromatic

  1. #ad7e13
  2. #e8ac25
  3. #efc66a
  4. #f6e0af
  5. #fdf8ed

Shades

#efc66a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efc66a
  2. #d7b25f
  3. #bf9e55
  4. #a78b4a
  5. #8f7740
  6. #786335
  7. #604f2a
  8. #483b20
  9. #302815
  10. #18140b
  11. #000000

Tints

#efc66a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efc66a
  2. #f1cc79
  3. #f2d188
  4. #f4d797
  5. #f5dda6
  6. #f7e3b5
  7. #f9e8c3
  8. #faeed2
  9. #fcf4e1
  10. #fdf9f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efc66a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efc66a
  2. #e4bf6c
  3. #d9b86e
  4. #ceb171
  5. #c3aa73
  6. #b8a375
  7. #ac9c77
  8. #a19579
  9. #968e7c
  10. #8b877e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dac9ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c562 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3d06d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb8b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2c565 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8cc6c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fabe99 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efc66a {
  color: #efc66a;
}
Background
.bg-efc66a {
  background-color: #efc66a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efc66a {
  border: 2px solid #efc66a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efc66a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 198 106;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 81% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efc66a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efc66a, #d6ef6a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efc66a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 198 106 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.41 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 5.81 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.14 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.66 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.82 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.82 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 7.13 #103995 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#efc66a  rgb(239, 198, 106)  hsl(42, 81%, 68%)  Meat Brown
#6a93ef  rgb(106, 147, 239)  hsl(222, 81%, 68%)  Cornflower Blue
#6aefc6  rgb(106, 239, 198)  hsl(162, 81%, 68%)  Aquamarine
#c66aef  rgb(198, 106, 239)  hsl(282, 81%, 68%)  Heliotrope