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#FBE91C

#fbe91c ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbe91c 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 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.17% magenta, 88.84% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 55.16°, with 96.54% saturation and 54.71% 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 16.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 1.38.

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Relative luminance0.7887

Complementary

  1. #fbe91c
  2. #1c2efb

Split complementary

  1. #fbe91c
  2. #1c9dfb
  3. #7a1cfb

Analogous

  1. #fb7a1c
  2. #fbe91c
  3. #9dfb1c

Triadic

  1. #fbe91c
  2. #1cfbe9
  3. #e91cfb

Tetradic

  1. #fbe91c
  2. #2efb1c
  3. #1c2efb
  4. #e91cfb

Square

  1. #fbe91c
  2. #1cfb7a
  3. #1c2efb
  4. #fb1c9d

Monochromatic

  1. #7c7202
  2. #c7b704
  3. #fbe91c
  4. #fcf067
  5. #fef8b2

Shades

#fbe91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbe91c
  2. #e2d219
  3. #c9ba16
  4. #b0a314
  5. #978c11
  6. #7e750e
  7. #645d0b
  8. #4b4608
  9. #322f06
  10. #191703
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbe91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbe91c
  2. #fbeb33
  3. #fced49
  4. #fcf060
  5. #fdf277
  6. #fdf48e
  7. #fdf6a4
  8. #fef8bb
  9. #fefbd2
  10. #fffde8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbe91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbe91c
  2. #efdf26
  3. #e2d430
  4. #d6ca3a
  5. #cabf44
  6. #beb54e
  7. #b1aa58
  8. #a5a062
  9. #99956c
  10. #8c8b76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe7b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe934 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd8c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fee400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe92c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdf9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbe91c {
  color: #fbe91c;
}
Background
.bg-fbe91c {
  background-color: #fbe91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbe91c {
  border: 2px solid #fbe91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbe91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 233 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 97% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbe91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbe91c, #9dfb1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbe91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 233 28 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.38 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.51 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.42 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.42 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 3.24 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.48 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 3.50 #0416e3 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#fbe91c  rgb(251, 233, 28)  hsl(55, 97%, 55%)  Aureolin
#1c2efb  rgb(28, 46, 251)  hsl(235, 97%, 55%)  Han Purple
#1cfbe9  rgb(28, 251, 233)  hsl(175, 97%, 55%)  Turquoise Blue
#e91cfb  rgb(233, 28, 251)  hsl(295, 97%, 55%)  Fuchsia