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#FBD427

#fbd427 ≈ Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbd427 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 83.14% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.54% magenta, 84.46% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 48.96°, with 96.36% saturation and 56.86% 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 14.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gold (#ffd700), ΔE 1.51.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6774

Complementary

  1. #fbd427
  2. #274efb

Split complementary

  1. #fbd427
  2. #27b8fb
  3. #6a27fb

Analogous

  1. #fb6a27
  2. #fbd427
  3. #b8fb27

Triadic

  1. #fbd427
  2. #27fbd4
  3. #d427fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbd427
  2. #4efb27
  3. #274efb
  4. #d427fb

Square

  1. #fbd427
  2. #27fb6a
  3. #274efb
  4. #fb27b8

Monochromatic

  1. #866e02
  2. #d2ac04
  3. #fbd427
  4. #fce372
  5. #fef2bd

Shades

#fbd427 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbd427
  2. #e2bf23
  3. #c9aa1f
  4. #b0941b
  5. #977f17
  6. #7e6a14
  7. #645510
  8. #4b400c
  9. #322a08
  10. #191504
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbd427 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbd427
  2. #fbd83d
  3. #fcdd52
  4. #fce168
  5. #fde57d
  6. #fdea93
  7. #fdeea9
  8. #fef2be
  9. #fef6d4
  10. #fffbe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbd427 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbd427
  2. #efcc30
  3. #e2c339
  4. #d6bb42
  5. #cab24b
  6. #beaa54
  7. #b1a25c
  8. #a59965
  9. #99916e
  10. #8c8877
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e6d6ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ecd000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f5dc36 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc2b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2d200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f8d930 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffca92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbd427 {
  color: #fbd427;
}
Background
.bg-fbd427 {
  background-color: #fbd427;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbd427 {
  border: 2px solid #fbd427;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbd427;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 212 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 96% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbd427 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbd427, #b8fb27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbd427 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 212 39 / 0.35);
}

#ffd700 Gold ΔE 1.51 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 1.54 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.37 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.40 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.46 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 3.59 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.86 #042bd8 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Gold
#fbd427  rgb(251, 212, 39)  hsl(49, 96%, 57%)  Gold
#274efb  rgb(39, 78, 251)  hsl(229, 96%, 57%)  Majorelle Blue
#27fbd4  rgb(39, 251, 212)  hsl(169, 96%, 57%)  Aquamarine
#d427fb  rgb(212, 39, 251)  hsl(289, 96%, 57%)  Electric Purple