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#FBE21E

#fbe21e ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbe21e 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 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.96% magenta, 88.05% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 53.21°, with 96.51% saturation and 55.1% 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 1.67.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.75

Complementary

  1. #fbe21e
  2. #1e37fb

Split complementary

  1. #fbe21e
  2. #1ea6fb
  3. #731efb

Analogous

  1. #fb731e
  2. #fbe21e
  3. #a6fb1e

Triadic

  1. #fbe21e
  2. #1efbe2
  3. #e21efb

Tetradic

  1. #fbe21e
  2. #37fb1e
  3. #1e37fb
  4. #e21efb

Square

  1. #fbe21e
  2. #1efb73
  3. #1e37fb
  4. #fb1ea6

Monochromatic

  1. #7e7002
  2. #c9b304
  3. #fbe21e
  4. #fcec69
  5. #fef5b4

Shades

#fbe21e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbe21e
  2. #e2cb1b
  3. #c9b518
  4. #b09e15
  5. #978812
  6. #7e710f
  7. #645a0c
  8. #4b4409
  9. #322d06
  10. #191703
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbe21e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbe21e
  2. #fbe535
  3. #fce84b
  4. #fceb62
  5. #fdee78
  6. #fdf18f
  7. #fdf3a5
  8. #fef6bc
  9. #fef9d2
  10. #fffce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbe21e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbe21e
  2. #efd828
  3. #e2ce32
  4. #d6c53b
  5. #cabb45
  6. #beb14f
  7. #b1a759
  8. #a59d63
  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 #ffe534 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd1c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fade00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fee42c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd89b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbe21e {
  color: #fbe21e;
}
Background
.bg-fbe21e {
  background-color: #fbe21e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbe21e {
  border: 2px solid #fbe21e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbe21e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 226 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 97% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbe21e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbe21e, #a6fb1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbe21e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 226 30 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.67 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.80 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.64 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.37 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.42 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.88 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.12 #041de1 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#fbe21e  rgb(251, 226, 30)  hsl(53, 97%, 55%)  Banana Yellow
#1e37fb  rgb(30, 55, 251)  hsl(233, 97%, 55%)  Han Purple
#1efbe2  rgb(30, 251, 226)  hsl(173, 97%, 55%)  Turquoise Blue
#e21efb  rgb(226, 30, 251)  hsl(293, 97%, 55%)  Fuchsia