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#fcdd3a ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcdd3a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 86.67% green and 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.3% magenta, 76.98% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 50.41°, with 97% saturation and 60.78% 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 15.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.08.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7271

Complementary

  1. #fcdd3a
  2. #3a59fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcdd3a
  2. #3abafc
  3. #7c3afc

Analogous

  1. #fc7c3a
  2. #fcdd3a
  3. #bafc3a

Triadic

  1. #fcdd3a
  2. #3afcdd
  3. #dd3afc

Tetradic

  1. #fcdd3a
  2. #59fc3a
  3. #3a59fc
  4. #dd3afc

Square

  1. #fcdd3a
  2. #3afc7c
  3. #3a59fc
  4. #fc3aba

Monochromatic

  1. #9b8202
  2. #e6c204
  3. #fcdd3a
  4. #fdea85
  5. #fef7d1

Shades

#fcdd3a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcdd3a
  2. #e3c734
  3. #cab12e
  4. #b09b29
  5. #978523
  6. #7e6f1d
  7. #655817
  8. #4c4211
  9. #322c0c
  10. #191606
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcdd3a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcdd3a
  2. #fce04e
  3. #fde461
  4. #fde775
  5. #fdeb89
  6. #feee9d
  7. #fef1b0
  8. #fef5c4
  9. #fef8d8
  10. #fffceb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcdd3a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcdd3a
  2. #f0d441
  3. #e3ca48
  4. #d7c14f
  5. #cab856
  6. #beaf5d
  7. #b2a564
  8. #a59c6b
  9. #999372
  10. #8c8979
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eaddb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4d812 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fce246 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffccbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7da27 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fce041 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd39b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcdd3a {
  color: #fcdd3a;
}
Background
.bg-fcdd3a {
  background-color: #fcdd3a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcdd3a {
  border: 2px solid #fcdd3a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcdd3a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 221 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 97% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcdd3a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcdd3a, #bafc3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcdd3a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 221 58 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.08 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.33 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 2.97 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 3.19 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 3.61 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.92 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.97 #0322c5 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#fcdd3a  rgb(252, 221, 58)  hsl(50, 97%, 61%)  Banana Yellow
#3a59fc  rgb(58, 89, 252)  hsl(230, 97%, 61%)  Ultramarine Blue
#3afcdd  rgb(58, 252, 221)  hsl(170, 97%, 61%)  Turquoise Blue
#dd3afc  rgb(221, 58, 252)  hsl(290, 97%, 61%)  Fuchsia