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#F6BB40

#f6bb40 ≈ Meat Brown

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#f6bb40 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 96.47% red, 73.33% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.98% magenta, 73.98% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 40.55°, with 91% saturation and 60.78% 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 12.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Meat Brown (#e5b73b), ΔE 3.82.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.555

Complementary

  1. #f6bb40
  2. #407bf6

Split complementary

  1. #f6bb40
  2. #40d6f6
  3. #6040f6

Analogous

  1. #f66040
  2. #f6bb40
  3. #d6f640

Triadic

  1. #f6bb40
  2. #40f6bb
  3. #bb40f6

Tetradic

  1. #f6bb40
  2. #7bf640
  3. #407bf6
  4. #bb40f6

Square

  1. #f6bb40
  2. #40f660
  3. #407bf6
  4. #f640d6

Monochromatic

  1. #966807
  2. #df9a0b
  3. #f6bb40
  4. #f9d589
  5. #fdefd2

Shades

#f6bb40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f6bb40
  2. #dda83a
  3. #c59633
  4. #ac832d
  5. #947026
  6. #7b5e20
  7. #624b1a
  8. #4a3813
  9. #31250d
  10. #191306
  11. #000000

Tints

#f6bb40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f6bb40
  2. #f7c253
  3. #f8c966
  4. #f9cf79
  5. #fad68c
  6. #fbdda0
  7. #fbe4b3
  8. #fcebc6
  9. #fdf1d9
  10. #fef8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f6bb40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f6bb40
  2. #eab546
  3. #deaf4d
  4. #d3a953
  5. #c7a35a
  6. #bb9e60
  7. #af9866
  8. #a3926d
  9. #988c73
  10. #8c867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dac1a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bc2d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1cb45 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa9a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2bb36 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eac543 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb186 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f6bb40 {
  color: #f6bb40;
}
Background
.bg-f6bb40 {
  background-color: #f6bb40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f6bb40 {
  border: 2px solid #f6bb40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f6bb40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 246 187 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 91% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f6bb40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6bb40, #d6f640);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f6bb40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(246 187 64 / 0.35);
}

#e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.82 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.96 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.65 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.67 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.70 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.58 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.60 #0944bf Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Meat Brown
#f6bb40  rgb(246, 187, 64)  hsl(41, 91%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#407bf6  rgb(64, 123, 246)  hsl(221, 91%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#40f6bb  rgb(64, 246, 187)  hsl(161, 91%, 61%)  Aquamarine
#bb40f6  rgb(187, 64, 246)  hsl(281, 91%, 61%)  Electric Purple