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#FBE901

#fbe901 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbe901 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 91.37% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.17% magenta, 99.6% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 55.68°, with 99.21% saturation and 49.41% 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 16.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 1.18.

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Relative luminance0.7879

Complementary

  1. #fbe901
  2. #0113fb

Split complementary

  1. #fbe901
  2. #0190fb
  3. #6c01fb

Analogous

  1. #fb6c01
  2. #fbe901
  3. #90fb01

Triadic

  1. #fbe901
  2. #01fbe9
  3. #e901fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbe901
  2. #13fb01
  3. #0113fb
  4. #e901fb

Square

  1. #fbe901
  2. #01fb6c
  3. #0113fb
  4. #fb0190

Monochromatic

  1. #635c00
  2. #afa201
  3. #fbe901
  4. #fef14a
  5. #fff796

Shades

#fbe901 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbe901
  2. #e2d201
  3. #c9ba01
  4. #b0a301
  5. #978c01
  6. #7e7501
  7. #645d00
  8. #4b4600
  9. #322f00
  10. #191700
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbe901 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbe901
  2. #fbeb1a
  3. #fced34
  4. #fcf04d
  5. #fdf267
  6. #fdf480
  7. #fdf699
  8. #fef8b3
  9. #fefbcc
  10. #fffde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbe901 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbe901
  2. #efdf0e
  3. #e2d41a
  4. #d6ca27
  5. #cabf34
  6. #beb541
  7. #b1aa4d
  8. #a5a05a
  9. #999567
  10. #8c8b73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eee7b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe92b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd7c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fee400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe920 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdf9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbe901 {
  color: #fbe901;
}
Background
.bg-fbe901 {
  background-color: #fbe901;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbe901 {
  border: 2px solid #fbe901;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbe901;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 233 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 99% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbe901 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbe901, #90fb01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbe901 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 233 1 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.18 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.31 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.46 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.79 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 3.14 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 3.40 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.69 #0416fe Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#fbe901  rgb(251, 233, 1)  hsl(56, 99%, 49%)  Aureolin
#0113fb  rgb(1, 19, 251)  hsl(236, 99%, 49%)  Blue
#01fbe9  rgb(1, 251, 233)  hsl(176, 99%, 49%)  Turquoise Blue
#e901fb  rgb(233, 1, 251)  hsl(296, 99%, 49%)  Fuchsia