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#FBE331

#fbe331 ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbe331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 89.02% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.56% magenta, 80.48% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 52.87°, with 96.19% saturation and 58.82% 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 16.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.51.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7567

Complementary

  1. #fbe331
  2. #3149fb

Split complementary

  1. #fbe331
  2. #31aefb
  3. #7e31fb

Analogous

  1. #fb7e31
  2. #fbe331
  3. #aefb31

Triadic

  1. #fbe331
  2. #31fbe3
  3. #e331fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbe331
  2. #49fb31
  3. #3149fb
  4. #e331fb

Square

  1. #fbe331
  2. #31fb7e
  3. #3149fb
  4. #fb31ae

Monochromatic

  1. #907f03
  2. #dbc204
  3. #fbe331
  4. #fced7c
  5. #fef7c7

Shades

#fbe331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbe331
  2. #e2cc2c
  3. #c9b627
  4. #b09f22
  5. #97881d
  6. #7e7219
  7. #645b14
  8. #4b440f
  9. #322d0a
  10. #191705
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbe331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbe331
  2. #fbe646
  3. #fce95a
  4. #fceb6f
  5. #fdee83
  6. #fdf198
  7. #fdf4ad
  8. #fef7c1
  9. #fef9d6
  10. #fffcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbe331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbe331
  2. #efd939
  3. #e2cf41
  4. #d6c549
  5. #cabb51
  6. #beb259
  7. #b1a860
  8. #a59e68
  9. #999470
  10. #8c8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ece2b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9dc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe640 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fadf15 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fee53b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd99d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbe331 {
  color: #fbe331;
}
Background
.bg-fbe331 {
  background-color: #fbe331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbe331 {
  border: 2px solid #fbe331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbe331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 227 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 96% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbe331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbe331, #aefb31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbe331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 227 49 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.51 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.26 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.42 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.47 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.54 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.86 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.51 #041cce Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#fbe331  rgb(251, 227, 49)  hsl(53, 96%, 59%)  Banana Yellow
#3149fb  rgb(49, 73, 251)  hsl(233, 96%, 59%)  Majorelle Blue
#31fbe3  rgb(49, 251, 227)  hsl(173, 96%, 59%)  Turquoise Blue
#e331fb  rgb(227, 49, 251)  hsl(293, 96%, 59%)  Fuchsia