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#FDE404

#fde404 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fde404 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.22% red, 89.41% green and 1.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.88% magenta, 98.42% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 53.98°, with 98.42% saturation and 50.39% 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 16.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.87.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7638

Complementary

  1. #fde404
  2. #041dfd

Split complementary

  1. #fde404
  2. #0499fd
  3. #6804fd

Analogous

  1. #fd6804
  2. #fde404
  3. #99fd04

Triadic

  1. #fde404
  2. #04fde4
  3. #e404fd

Tetradic

  1. #fde404
  2. #1dfd04
  3. #041dfd
  4. #e404fd

Square

  1. #fde404
  2. #04fd68
  3. #041dfd
  4. #fd0499

Monochromatic

  1. #675d01
  2. #b3a101
  3. #fde404
  4. #feec50
  5. #fef49c

Shades

#fde404 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fde404
  2. #e4cd04
  3. #cab603
  4. #b1a003
  5. #988902
  6. #7f7202
  7. #655b02
  8. #4c4401
  9. #332e01
  10. #191700
  11. #000000

Tints

#fde404 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fde404
  2. #fde71d
  3. #fde936
  4. #feec4f
  5. #feef68
  6. #fef282
  7. #fef49b
  8. #fef7b4
  9. #fffacd
  10. #fffce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fde404 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fde404
  2. #f1da10
  3. #e4d01d
  4. #d8c629
  5. #cbbc36
  6. #bfb242
  7. #b2a84e
  8. #a69e5b
  9. #999467
  10. #8d8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eee3b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fbdd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe72a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fce000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe620 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffda9a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fde404 {
  color: #fde404;
}
Background
.bg-fde404 {
  background-color: #fde404;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fde404 {
  border: 2px solid #fde404;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fde404;
  --color-primary-rgb: 253 228 4;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 98% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fde404 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fde404, #99fd04);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fde404 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(253 228 4 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.87 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.27 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.92 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.93 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.10 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.83 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.38 #021bfb Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#fde404  rgb(253, 228, 4)  hsl(54, 98%, 50%)  Golden Yellow
#041dfd  rgb(4, 29, 253)  hsl(234, 98%, 50%)  Blue
#04fde4  rgb(4, 253, 228)  hsl(174, 98%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#e404fd  rgb(228, 4, 253)  hsl(294, 98%, 50%)  Fuchsia