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#FADE06

#fade06 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fade06 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 87.06% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.2% magenta, 97.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 53.11°, with 96.06% saturation and 50.2% 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 15.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.01.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7258

Complementary

  1. #fade06
  2. #0622fa

Split complementary

  1. #fade06
  2. #069cfa
  3. #6406fa

Analogous

  1. #fa6406
  2. #fade06
  3. #9cfa06

Triadic

  1. #fade06
  2. #06fade
  3. #de06fa

Tetradic

  1. #fade06
  2. #22fa06
  3. #0622fa
  4. #de06fa

Square

  1. #fade06
  2. #06fa64
  3. #0622fa
  4. #fa069c

Monochromatic

  1. #655a02
  2. #b09c04
  3. #fade06
  4. #fce851
  5. #fdf29c

Shades

#fade06 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fade06
  2. #e1c805
  3. #c8b205
  4. #af9b04
  5. #968504
  6. #7d6f03
  7. #645902
  8. #4b4302
  9. #322c01
  10. #191601
  11. #000000

Tints

#fade06 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fade06
  2. #fbe11f
  3. #fbe538
  4. #fce851
  5. #fceb6a
  6. #fdef83
  7. #fdf29b
  8. #fef5b4
  9. #fef8cd
  10. #fffce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fade06 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fade06
  2. #eed512
  3. #e2cb1e
  4. #d5c22b
  5. #c9b837
  6. #bdaf43
  7. #b1a64f
  8. #a59c5b
  9. #989368
  10. #8c8974
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9deb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5d800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde229 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffccbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7da00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fce01f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd496 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fade06 {
  color: #fade06;
}
Background
.bg-fade06 {
  background-color: #fade06;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fade06 {
  border: 2px solid #fade06;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fade06;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 222 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 96% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fade06 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fade06, #9cfa06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fade06 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 222 6 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.01 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.77 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.14 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.41 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.06 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.31 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.34 #0521f9 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#fade06  rgb(250, 222, 6)  hsl(53, 96%, 50%)  Golden Yellow
#0622fa  rgb(6, 34, 250)  hsl(233, 96%, 50%)  Blue
#06fade  rgb(6, 250, 222)  hsl(173, 96%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#de06fa  rgb(222, 6, 250)  hsl(293, 96%, 50%)  Fuchsia