Meat Brown (#E5B73B)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

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Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 1.88:1 — vs black: 11.17:1

Color values

  • HEX #E5B73B
  • RGB rgb(229, 183, 59)
  • HSL hsl(43, 76%, 56%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 20, 74, 10 )
  • Websafe #CCCC33
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Tags

Mood

Energetic (215)

Style

Vivid (210) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #E5B73B based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Meat Brown
#E5B73B Base
#3B69E5
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Meat Brown
#E5B73B Base
#E5623B
#BEE53B
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Meat Brown
#E5B73B Base
#3BE5B7
#B73BE5
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Meat Brown
#E5B73B Base
#3BBEE5
#623BE5
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Meat Brown
#E5B73B Base
#3BE562
#3B69E5
#E53BBE
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Meat Brown
#E5B73B Base
#775B10
#BB8F19
#DAA71D
#EAC45F
#EED07F
#F7E9C2
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Meat Brown, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #171103
— #453509
— #73580F
— #A27C15
— #D09F1C
Meat Brown #E5B73B Base
— #EAC45E
— #EED080
— #F3DDA3
— #F7EAC6
— #FCF7E8
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #E5B73B. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties 
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #E5B73B;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #E5B73B;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #E5B73B;
}
CSS Gradient 
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #E5B73B,
        #3B69E5
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #E5B73B,
        #3B69E5
    );
}
SCSS Variable 
// SCSS variable
$meat-brown: #E5B73B;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$meat-brown-r: 229;
$meat-brown-g: 183;
$meat-brown-b: 59;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $meat-brown;
    color: rgba($meat-brown-r, $meat-brown-g, $meat-brown-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Meat Brown appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #E5B73B How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #C6C636 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #BDBD3C Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #ECADAD Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #BDBDBD Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Meat Brown ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Meat Brown #E5B73B Base
Urobilin #E1AD21 ΔE 2.95
Gold (metallic) #D4AF37 ΔE 3.46
Saffron #F4C430 ΔE 3.94
Goldenrod #DAA520 ΔE 4.89

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.