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#F6BA2E

#f6ba2e ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f6ba2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 96.47% red, 72.94% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.39% magenta, 81.3% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 42°, with 91.74% saturation and 57.25% 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 11.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 2.69.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5491

Complementary

  1. #f6ba2e
  2. #2e6af6

Split complementary

  1. #f6ba2e
  2. #2ecef6
  3. #562ef6

Analogous

  1. #f6562e
  2. #f6ba2e
  3. #cef62e

Triadic

  1. #f6ba2e
  2. #2ef6ba
  3. #ba2ef6

Tetradic

  1. #f6ba2e
  2. #6af62e
  3. #2e6af6
  4. #ba2ef6

Square

  1. #f6ba2e
  2. #2ef656
  3. #2e6af6
  4. #f62ece

Monochromatic

  1. #855f06
  2. #cf9309
  3. #f6ba2e
  4. #f9d277
  5. #fceac1

Shades

#f6ba2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f6ba2e
  2. #dda729
  3. #c59525
  4. #ac8220
  5. #94701c
  6. #7b5d17
  7. #624a12
  8. #4a380e
  9. #312509
  10. #191305
  11. #000000

Tints

#f6ba2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f6ba2e
  2. #f7c143
  3. #f8c858
  4. #f9cf6d
  5. #fad682
  6. #fbdd97
  7. #fbe3ab
  8. #fceac0
  9. #fdf1d5
  10. #fef8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f6ba2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f6ba2e
  2. #eab436
  3. #deae3e
  4. #d3a947
  5. #c7a34f
  6. #bb9d57
  7. #af975f
  8. #a39167
  9. #988c70
  10. #8c8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dac09e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3bb05 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1ca36 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa7a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2ba1c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eac433 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffaf82 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f6ba2e {
  color: #f6ba2e;
}
Background
.bg-f6ba2e {
  background-color: #f6ba2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f6ba2e {
  border: 2px solid #f6ba2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f6ba2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 246 186 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 92% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f6ba2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6ba2e, #cef62e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f6ba2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(246 186 46 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.69 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.45 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.59 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.74 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.00 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.02 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.08 #0945d1 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Amber
#f6ba2e  rgb(246, 186, 46)  hsl(42, 92%, 57%)  Amber
#2e6af6  rgb(46, 106, 246)  hsl(222, 92%, 57%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2ef6ba  rgb(46, 246, 186)  hsl(162, 92%, 57%)  Aquamarine
#ba2ef6  rgb(186, 46, 246)  hsl(282, 92%, 57%)  Electric Purple