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#FBDB22

#fbdb22 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbdb22 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 85.88% green and 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.75% magenta, 86.45% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 51.15°, with 96.44% saturation and 55.88% 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 15.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.4.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7129

Complementary

  1. #fbdb22
  2. #2242fb

Split complementary

  1. #fbdb22
  2. #22affb
  3. #6e22fb

Analogous

  1. #fb6e22
  2. #fbdb22
  3. #affb22

Triadic

  1. #fbdb22
  2. #22fbdb
  3. #db22fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbdb22
  2. #42fb22
  3. #2242fb
  4. #db22fb

Square

  1. #fbdb22
  2. #22fb6e
  3. #2242fb
  4. #fb22af

Monochromatic

  1. #826f02
  2. #cdaf04
  3. #fbdb22
  4. #fce76d
  5. #fef3b8

Shades

#fbdb22 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbdb22
  2. #e2c51f
  3. #c9af1b
  4. #b09918
  5. #978314
  6. #7e6e11
  7. #64580e
  8. #4b420a
  9. #322c07
  10. #191603
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbdb22 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbdb22
  2. #fbdf38
  3. #fce24e
  4. #fce664
  5. #fde97a
  6. #fded91
  7. #fdf1a7
  8. #fef4bd
  9. #fef8d3
  10. #fffbe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbdb22 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbdb22
  2. #efd22b
  3. #e2c935
  4. #d6c03e
  5. #cab748
  6. #beae51
  7. #b1a45a
  8. #a59b64
  9. #99926d
  10. #8c8977
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9dbb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f2d600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe034 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc9bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f6d800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fbde2e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd196 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbdb22 {
  color: #fbdb22;
}
Background
.bg-fbdb22 {
  background-color: #fbdb22;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbdb22 {
  border: 2px solid #fbdb22;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbdb22;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 219 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 96% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbdb22 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbdb22, #affb22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbdb22 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 219 34 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.40 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.48 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 2.11 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.27 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.12 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.18 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.20 #0424dd Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#fbdb22  rgb(251, 219, 34)  hsl(51, 96%, 56%)  Golden Yellow
#2242fb  rgb(34, 66, 251)  hsl(231, 96%, 56%)  Majorelle Blue
#22fbdb  rgb(34, 251, 219)  hsl(171, 96%, 56%)  Turquoise Blue
#db22fb  rgb(219, 34, 251)  hsl(291, 96%, 56%)  Fuchsia