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#FABA1B

#faba1b ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faba1b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 72.94% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.6% magenta, 89.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 42.78°, with 95.71% saturation and 54.31% 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 Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 1.76.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5552

Complementary

  1. #faba1b
  2. #1b5bfa

Split complementary

  1. #faba1b
  2. #1bcafa
  3. #4a1bfa

Analogous

  1. #fa4a1b
  2. #faba1b
  3. #cafa1b

Triadic

  1. #faba1b
  2. #1bfaba
  3. #ba1bfa

Tetradic

  1. #faba1b
  2. #5bfa1b
  3. #1b5bfa
  4. #ba1bfa

Square

  1. #faba1b
  2. #1bfa4a
  3. #1b5bfa
  4. #fa1bca

Monochromatic

  1. #795703
  2. #c48d04
  3. #faba1b
  4. #fcd166
  5. #fde7b1

Shades

#faba1b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faba1b
  2. #e1a718
  3. #c89516
  4. #af8213
  5. #967010
  6. #7d5d0e
  7. #644a0b
  8. #4b3808
  9. #322505
  10. #191303
  11. #000000

Tints

#faba1b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faba1b
  2. #fbc132
  3. #fbc849
  4. #fccf5f
  5. #fcd676
  6. #fddd8d
  7. #fde3a4
  8. #feeabb
  9. #fef1d1
  10. #fff8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faba1b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faba1b
  2. #eeb425
  3. #e2ae2f
  4. #d5a939
  5. #c9a343
  6. #bd9d4e
  7. #b19758
  8. #a59162
  9. #988c6c
  10. #8c8676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcc09d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3cb27 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa69f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4bb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edc523 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffaf7f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faba1b {
  color: #faba1b;
}
Background
.bg-faba1b {
  background-color: #faba1b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faba1b {
  border: 2px solid #faba1b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faba1b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 186 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faba1b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faba1b, #cafa1b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faba1b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 186 27 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 1.76 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 2.99 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.11 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.41 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.80 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.12 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.66 #0545e4 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Amber
#faba1b  rgb(250, 186, 27)  hsl(43, 96%, 54%)  Amber
#1b5bfa  rgb(27, 91, 250)  hsl(223, 96%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#1bfaba  rgb(27, 250, 186)  hsl(163, 96%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#ba1bfa  rgb(186, 27, 250)  hsl(283, 96%, 54%)  Electric Purple