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#F0BB28

#f0bb28 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f0bb28 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 94.12% red, 73.33% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.08% magenta, 83.33% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 44.1°, with 86.96% saturation and 54.9% 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 11.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.47.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5422

Complementary

  1. #f0bb28
  2. #285df0

Split complementary

  1. #f0bb28
  2. #28c1f0
  3. #5728f0

Analogous

  1. #f05728
  2. #f0bb28
  3. #c1f028

Triadic

  1. #f0bb28
  2. #28f0bb
  3. #bb28f0

Tetradic

  1. #f0bb28
  2. #5df028
  3. #285df0
  4. #bb28f0

Square

  1. #f0bb28
  2. #28f057
  3. #285df0
  4. #f028c1

Monochromatic

  1. #775908
  2. #be8f0d
  3. #f0bb28
  4. #f5d26f
  5. #fae8b7

Shades

#f0bb28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f0bb28
  2. #d8a824
  3. #c09620
  4. #a8831c
  5. #907018
  6. #785e14
  7. #604b10
  8. #48380c
  9. #302508
  10. #181304
  11. #000000

Tints

#f0bb28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f0bb28
  2. #f2c23e
  3. #f3c953
  4. #f5cf69
  5. #f6d67e
  6. #f8dd94
  7. #f9e4a9
  8. #fbebbf
  9. #fcf1d4
  10. #fef8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f0bb28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f0bb28
  2. #e5b531
  3. #daaf3a
  4. #cea942
  5. #c3a34b
  6. #b89e54
  7. #ad985d
  8. #a29266
  9. #968c6e
  10. #8b8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6c09c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c832 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa9a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfbb11 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6c32e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fdb181 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f0bb28 {
  color: #f0bb28;
}
Background
.bg-f0bb28 {
  background-color: #f0bb28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f0bb28 {
  border: 2px solid #f0bb28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f0bb28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 240 187 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 87% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f0bb28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f0bb28, #c1f028);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f0bb28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(240 187 40 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.62 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 2.83 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.12 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.19 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.17 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.09 #0f44d7 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Saffron
#f0bb28  rgb(240, 187, 40)  hsl(44, 87%, 55%)  Saffron
#285df0  rgb(40, 93, 240)  hsl(224, 87%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#28f0bb  rgb(40, 240, 187)  hsl(164, 87%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#bb28f0  rgb(187, 40, 240)  hsl(284, 87%, 55%)  Electric Purple