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#FACE51

#face51 ≈ Sunglow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#face51 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 80.78% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.6% magenta, 67.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 44.38°, with 94.41% saturation and 64.9% 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 14.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sunglow (#ffcc33), ΔE 2.72.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.6506

Complementary

  1. #face51
  2. #517dfa

Split complementary

  1. #face51
  2. #51d1fa
  3. #7951fa

Analogous

  1. #fa7951
  2. #face51
  3. #d1fa51

Triadic

  1. #face51
  2. #51face
  3. #ce51fa

Tetradic

  1. #face51
  2. #7dfa51
  3. #517dfa
  4. #ce51fa

Square

  1. #face51
  2. #51fa79
  3. #517dfa
  4. #fa51d1

Monochromatic

  1. #ad8105
  2. #f7b907
  3. #face51
  4. #fce39b
  5. #fef8e6

Shades

#face51 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #face51
  2. #e1b949
  3. #c8a541
  4. #af9039
  5. #967c31
  6. #7d6729
  7. #645220
  8. #4b3e18
  9. #322910
  10. #191508
  11. #000000

Tints

#face51 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #face51
  2. #fbd362
  3. #fbd874
  4. #fcdd85
  5. #fce297
  6. #fde7a8
  7. #fdebb9
  8. #fef0cb
  9. #fef5dc
  10. #fffaee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#face51 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #face51
  2. #eec656
  3. #e2be5a
  4. #d5b75f
  5. #c9af64
  6. #bda769
  7. #b19f6d
  8. #a59772
  9. #989077
  10. #8c887b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4d1ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4cc41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #efd857 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffbdb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #edcd48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f4d455 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffc496 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-face51 {
  color: #face51;
}
Background
.bg-face51 {
  background-color: #face51;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-face51 {
  border: 2px solid #face51;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #face51;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 206 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 94% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-face51 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #face51, #d1fa51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-face51 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 206 81 / 0.35);
}

#ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.72 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.07 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 3.57 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 3.96 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.18 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.94 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.11 #0531ae Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Sunglow
#face51  rgb(250, 206, 81)  hsl(44, 94%, 65%)  Sunglow
#517dfa  rgb(81, 125, 250)  hsl(224, 94%, 65%)  Brandeis Blue
#51face  rgb(81, 250, 206)  hsl(164, 94%, 65%)  Aquamarine
#ce51fa  rgb(206, 81, 250)  hsl(284, 94%, 65%)  Medium Orchid