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#FBE21B

#fbe21b ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbe21b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 88.63% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.96% magenta, 89.24% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 53.3°, with 96.55% saturation and 54.51% 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 16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.74.

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Relative luminance0.7498

Complementary

  1. #fbe21b
  2. #1b34fb

Split complementary

  1. #fbe21b
  2. #1ba4fb
  3. #721bfb

Analogous

  1. #fb721b
  2. #fbe21b
  3. #a4fb1b

Triadic

  1. #fbe21b
  2. #1bfbe2
  3. #e21bfb

Tetradic

  1. #fbe21b
  2. #34fb1b
  3. #1b34fb
  4. #e21bfb

Square

  1. #fbe21b
  2. #1bfb72
  3. #1b34fb
  4. #fb1ba4

Monochromatic

  1. #7b6d02
  2. #c6b003
  3. #fbe21b
  4. #fcec66
  5. #fef5b1

Shades

#fbe21b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbe21b
  2. #e2cb18
  3. #c9b516
  4. #b09e13
  5. #978810
  6. #7e710e
  7. #645a0b
  8. #4b4408
  9. #322d05
  10. #191703
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbe21b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbe21b
  2. #fbe532
  3. #fce849
  4. #fceb5f
  5. #fdee76
  6. #fdf18d
  7. #fdf3a4
  8. #fef6bb
  9. #fef9d1
  10. #fffce8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbe21b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbe21b
  2. #efd825
  3. #e2ce2f
  4. #d6c539
  5. #cabb43
  6. #beb14e
  7. #b1a758
  8. #a59d62
  9. #99946c
  10. #8c8a76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ece1b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9db00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe532 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd0c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fade00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fee42a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd89a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbe21b {
  color: #fbe21b;
}
Background
.bg-fbe21b {
  background-color: #fbe21b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbe21b {
  border: 2px solid #fbe21b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbe21b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 226 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 97% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbe21b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbe21b, #a4fb1b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbe21b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 226 27 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.74 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.77 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.68 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.34 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.39 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.87 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.12 #041de4 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#fbe21b  rgb(251, 226, 27)  hsl(53, 97%, 55%)  Banana Yellow
#1b34fb  rgb(27, 52, 251)  hsl(233, 97%, 55%)  Han Purple
#1bfbe2  rgb(27, 251, 226)  hsl(173, 97%, 55%)  Turquoise Blue
#e21bfb  rgb(226, 27, 251)  hsl(293, 97%, 55%)  Fuchsia