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#FABA27

#faba27 ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faba27 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 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.6% magenta, 84.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 41.8°, with 95.48% saturation and 56.67% 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 12.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 2.32.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5559

Complementary

  1. #faba27
  2. #2767fa

Split complementary

  1. #faba27
  2. #27d1fa
  3. #5127fa

Analogous

  1. #fa5127
  2. #faba27
  3. #d1fa27

Triadic

  1. #faba27
  2. #27faba
  3. #ba27fa

Tetradic

  1. #faba27
  2. #67fa27
  3. #2767fa
  4. #ba27fa

Square

  1. #faba27
  2. #27fa51
  3. #2767fa
  4. #fa27d1

Monochromatic

  1. #855e03
  2. #d09205
  3. #faba27
  4. #fcd272
  5. #fdeabd

Shades

#faba27 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faba27
  2. #e1a723
  3. #c8951f
  4. #af821b
  5. #967017
  6. #7d5d14
  7. #644a10
  8. #4b380c
  9. #322508
  10. #191304
  11. #000000

Tints

#faba27 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faba27
  2. #fbc13d
  3. #fbc852
  4. #fccf68
  5. #fcd67d
  6. #fddd93
  7. #fde3a9
  8. #feeabe
  9. #fef1d4
  10. #fff8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faba27 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faba27
  2. #eeb430
  3. #e2ae39
  4. #d5a942
  5. #c9a34b
  6. #bd9d54
  7. #b1975c
  8. #a59165
  9. #988c6e
  10. #8c8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcc09e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3cb30 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa7a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4bb0e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edc52d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffaf81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faba27 {
  color: #faba27;
}
Background
.bg-faba27 {
  background-color: #faba27;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faba27 {
  border: 2px solid #faba27;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faba27;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 186 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faba27 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faba27, #d1fa27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faba27 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 186 39 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.32 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.51 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.57 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.62 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.69 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.33 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.20 #0545d8 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Amber
#faba27  rgb(250, 186, 39)  hsl(42, 95%, 57%)  Amber
#2767fa  rgb(39, 103, 250)  hsl(222, 95%, 57%)  Ultramarine Blue
#27faba  rgb(39, 250, 186)  hsl(162, 95%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green
#ba27fa  rgb(186, 39, 250)  hsl(282, 95%, 57%)  Electric Purple