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#FBF424

#fbf424 ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbf424 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 95.69% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.79% magenta, 85.66% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 58.05°, with 96.41% saturation and 56.27% 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 18.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 1.17.

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Relative luminance0.8534

Complementary

  1. #fbf424
  2. #242bfb

Split complementary

  1. #fbf424
  2. #2496fb
  3. #8924fb

Analogous

  1. #fb8924
  2. #fbf424
  3. #96fb24

Triadic

  1. #fbf424
  2. #24fbf4
  3. #f424fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbf424
  2. #2bfb24
  3. #242bfb
  4. #f424fb

Square

  1. #fbf424
  2. #24fb89
  3. #242bfb
  4. #fb2496

Monochromatic

  1. #847f02
  2. #cfc804
  3. #fbf424
  4. #fcf86f
  5. #fefcba

Shades

#fbf424 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbf424
  2. #e2dc20
  3. #c9c31d
  4. #b0ab19
  5. #979216
  6. #7e7a12
  7. #64620e
  8. #4b490b
  9. #323107
  10. #191804
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbf424 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbf424
  2. #fbf53a
  3. #fcf650
  4. #fcf766
  5. #fdf87c
  6. #fdfa92
  7. #fdfba7
  8. #fefcbd
  9. #fefdd3
  10. #fffee9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbf424 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbf424
  2. #efe82d
  3. #e2dd36
  4. #d6d140
  5. #cac649
  6. #beba52
  7. #b1ae5b
  8. #a5a364
  9. #99976e
  10. #8c8c77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eeeeee ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f3f0bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffea00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fff13c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe3d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffee00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fff234 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffeaa7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbf424 {
  color: #fbf424;
}
Background
.bg-fbf424 {
  background-color: #fbf424;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbf424 {
  border: 2px solid #fbf424;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbf424;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 244 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 96% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbf424 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbf424, #96fb24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbf424 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 244 36 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.17 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 1.20 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.16 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.27 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 2.49 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 2.63 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.96 #040bdb Inverted #eeeeee Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#fbf424  rgb(251, 244, 36)  hsl(58, 96%, 56%)  Cadmium Yellow
#242bfb  rgb(36, 43, 251)  hsl(238, 96%, 56%)  Han Purple
#24fbf4  rgb(36, 251, 244)  hsl(178, 96%, 56%)  Aqua
#f424fb  rgb(244, 36, 251)  hsl(298, 96%, 56%)  Fuchsia