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#FCDE46

#fcde46 ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fcde46 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 87.06% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.9% magenta, 72.22% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 50.11°, with 96.81% saturation and 63.14% 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 15.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.57.

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Relative luminance0.7338

Complementary

  1. #fcde46
  2. #4664fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcde46
  2. #46bffc
  3. #8346fc

Analogous

  1. #fc8346
  2. #fcde46
  3. #bffc46

Triadic

  1. #fcde46
  2. #46fcde
  3. #de46fc

Tetradic

  1. #fcde46
  2. #64fc46
  3. #4664fc
  4. #de46fc

Square

  1. #fcde46
  2. #46fc83
  3. #4664fc
  4. #fc46bf

Monochromatic

  1. #a68b03
  2. #f2ca04
  3. #fcde46
  4. #fdeb91
  5. #fef9dd

Shades

#fcde46 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcde46
  2. #e3c83f
  3. #cab238
  4. #b09b31
  5. #97852a
  6. #7e6f23
  7. #65591c
  8. #4c4315
  9. #322c0e
  10. #191607
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcde46 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcde46
  2. #fce159
  3. #fde56b
  4. #fde87e
  5. #fdeb90
  6. #feefa3
  7. #fef2b5
  8. #fef5c8
  9. #fef8da
  10. #fffced
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcde46 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcde46
  2. #f0d54c
  3. #e3cb52
  4. #d7c257
  5. #cab85d
  6. #beaf63
  7. #b2a669
  8. #a59c6f
  9. #999374
  10. #8c897a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ebdeb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4d92c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fce350 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcdc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7db38 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fce14c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd49e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcde46 {
  color: #fcde46;
}
Background
.bg-fcde46 {
  background-color: #fcde46;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcde46 {
  border: 2px solid #fcde46;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcde46;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 222 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 97% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcde46 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcde46, #bffc46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcde46 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 222 70 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.57 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 2.66 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 2.91 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.14 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.71 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.00 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.53 #0321b9 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#fcde46  rgb(252, 222, 70)  hsl(50, 97%, 63%)  Banana Yellow
#4664fc  rgb(70, 100, 252)  hsl(230, 97%, 63%)  Ultramarine Blue
#46fcde  rgb(70, 252, 222)  hsl(170, 97%, 63%)  Turquoise Blue
#de46fc  rgb(222, 70, 252)  hsl(290, 97%, 63%)  Fuchsia