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#FBED16

#fbed16 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbed16 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 92.94% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.58% magenta, 91.24% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 56.33°, with 96.62% saturation and 53.53% 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 17.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.57.

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Relative luminance0.8114

Complementary

  1. #fbed16
  2. #1624fb

Split complementary

  1. #fbed16
  2. #1697fb
  3. #7a16fb

Analogous

  1. #fb7a16
  2. #fbed16
  3. #97fb16

Triadic

  1. #fbed16
  2. #16fbed
  3. #ed16fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbed16
  2. #24fb16
  3. #1624fb
  4. #ed16fb

Square

  1. #fbed16
  2. #16fb7a
  3. #1624fb
  4. #fb1697

Monochromatic

  1. #766f02
  2. #c1b603
  3. #fbed16
  4. #fcf361
  5. #fef9ac

Shades

#fbed16 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbed16
  2. #e2d514
  3. #c9be12
  4. #b0a60f
  5. #978e0d
  6. #7e770b
  7. #645f09
  8. #4b4707
  9. #322f04
  10. #191802
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbed16 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbed16
  2. #fbef2d
  3. #fcf145
  4. #fcf25c
  5. #fdf473
  6. #fdf68b
  7. #fdf8a2
  8. #fefab9
  9. #fefbd0
  10. #fffde8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbed16 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbed16
  2. #efe221
  3. #e2d72b
  4. #d6cc36
  5. #cac140
  6. #beb74b
  7. #b1ac56
  8. #a5a160
  9. #99966b
  10. #8c8b75
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0eaba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffec33 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdcca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffec2a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe3a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbed16 {
  color: #fbed16;
}
Background
.bg-fbed16 {
  background-color: #fbed16;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbed16 {
  border: 2px solid #fbed16;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbed16;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 237 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 97% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbed16 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbed16, #97fb16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbed16 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 237 22 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.57 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 0.85 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.11 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.15 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.36 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.08 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 4.39 #0412e9 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#fbed16  rgb(251, 237, 22)  hsl(56, 97%, 54%)  Aureolin
#1624fb  rgb(22, 36, 251)  hsl(236, 97%, 54%)  Blue
#16fbed  rgb(22, 251, 237)  hsl(176, 97%, 54%)  Turquoise Blue
#ed16fb  rgb(237, 22, 251)  hsl(296, 97%, 54%)  Fuchsia