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#FBAE00

#fbae00 ≈ Orange

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbae00 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 68.24% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.68% magenta, 100% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 41.59°, with 100% saturation and 49.22% 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 11.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Orange (#ffa500), ΔE 3.91.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.5078

Complementary

  1. #fbae00
  2. #004dfb

Split complementary

  1. #fbae00
  2. #00cbfb
  3. #3000fb

Analogous

  1. #fb3000
  2. #fbae00
  3. #cbfb00

Triadic

  1. #fbae00
  2. #00fbae
  3. #ae00fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbae00
  2. #4dfb00
  3. #004dfb
  4. #ae00fb

Square

  1. #fbae00
  2. #00fb30
  3. #004dfb
  4. #fb00cb

Monochromatic

  1. #624400
  2. #af7900
  3. #fbae00
  4. #ffc749
  5. #ffde95

Shades

#fbae00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbae00
  2. #e29d00
  3. #c98b00
  4. #b07a00
  5. #976800
  6. #7e5700
  7. #644600
  8. #4b3400
  9. #322300
  10. #191100
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbae00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbae00
  2. #fbb61a
  3. #fcbe33
  4. #fcc64d
  5. #fdce66
  6. #fdd780
  7. #fddf99
  8. #fee7b3
  9. #feefcc
  10. #fff7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbae00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbae00
  2. #efa90d
  3. #e2a51a
  4. #d6a026
  5. #ca9c33
  6. #be9740
  7. #b1924d
  8. #a58e5a
  9. #998966
  10. #8c8573
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9b796 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc414 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9994 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfb000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9bc0d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffa275 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbae00 {
  color: #fbae00;
}
Background
.bg-fbae00 {
  background-color: #fbae00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbae00 {
  border: 2px solid #fbae00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbae00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 174 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbae00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbae00, #cbfb00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbae00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 174 0 / 0.35);
}

#ffa500 Orange ΔE 3.91 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.20 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 4.76 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 5.33 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.44 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.72 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 6.02 #0451ff Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Orange
#fbae00  rgb(251, 174, 0)  hsl(42, 100%, 49%)  Orange
#004dfb  rgb(0, 77, 251)  hsl(222, 100%, 49%)  Majorelle Blue
#00fbae  rgb(0, 251, 174)  hsl(162, 100%, 49%)  Medium Spring Green
#ae00fb  rgb(174, 0, 251)  hsl(282, 100%, 49%)  Vivid Violet