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#FBF225

#fbf225 ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbf225 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 94.9% green and 14.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.59% magenta, 85.26% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 57.48°, with 96.4% saturation and 56.47% 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 17.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 1.33.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8415

Complementary

  1. #fbf225
  2. #252efb

Split complementary

  1. #fbf225
  2. #2599fb
  3. #8725fb

Analogous

  1. #fb8725
  2. #fbf225
  3. #99fb25

Triadic

  1. #fbf225
  2. #25fbf2
  3. #f225fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbf225
  2. #2efb25
  3. #252efb
  4. #f225fb

Square

  1. #fbf225
  2. #25fb87
  3. #252efb
  4. #fb2599

Monochromatic

  1. #857f02
  2. #d0c704
  3. #fbf225
  4. #fcf670
  5. #fefbbb

Shades

#fbf225 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbf225
  2. #e2da21
  3. #c9c21e
  4. #b0a91a
  5. #979116
  6. #7e7913
  7. #64610f
  8. #4b490b
  9. #323007
  10. #191804
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbf225 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbf225
  2. #fbf33b
  3. #fcf551
  4. #fcf666
  5. #fdf77c
  6. #fdf992
  7. #fdfaa8
  8. #fefbbe
  9. #fefcd3
  10. #fffee9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbf225 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbf225
  2. #efe72e
  3. #e2db37
  4. #d6d040
  5. #cac449
  6. #beb953
  7. #b1ae5c
  8. #a5a265
  9. #99976e
  10. #8c8b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f2efbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fff03c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe1cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffec00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fff134 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe8a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbf225 {
  color: #fbf225;
}
Background
.bg-fbf225 {
  background-color: #fbf225;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbf225 {
  border: 2px solid #fbf225;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbf225;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 242 37;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 96% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbf225 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbf225, #99fb25);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbf225 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 242 37 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.33 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 1.46 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.71 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.85 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.62 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 3.02 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 3.15 #040dda Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#fbf225  rgb(251, 242, 37)  hsl(57, 96%, 56%)  Cadmium Yellow
#252efb  rgb(37, 46, 251)  hsl(237, 96%, 56%)  Han Purple
#25fbf2  rgb(37, 251, 242)  hsl(177, 96%, 56%)  Turquoise Blue
#f225fb  rgb(242, 37, 251)  hsl(297, 96%, 56%)  Fuchsia