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#FAE337

#fae337 ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fae337 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 89.02% green and 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.2% magenta, 78% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 52.92°, with 95.12% saturation and 59.8% 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 16.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.71.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7554

Complementary

  1. #fae337
  2. #374efa

Split complementary

  1. #fae337
  2. #37b0fa
  3. #8137fa

Analogous

  1. #fa8137
  2. #fae337
  3. #b0fa37

Triadic

  1. #fae337
  2. #37fae3
  3. #e337fa

Tetradic

  1. #fae337
  2. #4efa37
  3. #374efa
  4. #e337fa

Square

  1. #fae337
  2. #37fa81
  3. #374efa
  4. #fa37b0

Monochromatic

  1. #948304
  2. #dfc506
  3. #fae337
  4. #fced82
  5. #fef8cc

Shades

#fae337 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fae337
  2. #e1cc32
  3. #c8b62c
  4. #af9f27
  5. #968821
  6. #7d721c
  7. #645b16
  8. #4b4411
  9. #322d0b
  10. #191706
  11. #000000

Tints

#fae337 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fae337
  2. #fbe64b
  3. #fbe95f
  4. #fceb73
  5. #fcee87
  6. #fdf19b
  7. #fdf4af
  8. #fef7c3
  9. #fef9d7
  10. #fffceb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fae337 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fae337
  2. #eed93e
  3. #e2cf46
  4. #d5c54d
  5. #c9bb54
  6. #bdb25c
  7. #b1a863
  8. #a59e6a
  9. #989471
  10. #8c8a79
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ece2b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9dc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe545 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f9df21 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fde440 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd99e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fae337 {
  color: #fae337;
}
Background
.bg-fae337 {
  background-color: #fae337;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fae337 {
  border: 2px solid #fae337;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fae337;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 227 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fae337 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fae337, #b0fa37);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fae337 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 227 55 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.71 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.03 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.81 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.59 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.67 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.80 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.54 #051cc8 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#fae337  rgb(250, 227, 55)  hsl(53, 95%, 60%)  Banana Yellow
#374efa  rgb(55, 78, 250)  hsl(233, 95%, 60%)  Majorelle Blue
#37fae3  rgb(55, 250, 227)  hsl(173, 95%, 60%)  Turquoise Blue
#e337fa  rgb(227, 55, 250)  hsl(293, 95%, 60%)  Fuchsia