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#FDED28

#fded28 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fded28 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.22% red, 92.94% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.32% magenta, 84.19% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 55.49°, with 98.16% saturation and 57.45% 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 17.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 1.06.

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Relative luminance0.816

Complementary

  1. #fded28
  2. #2838fd

Split complementary

  1. #fded28
  2. #28a3fd
  3. #8228fd

Analogous

  1. #fd8228
  2. #fded28
  3. #a3fd28

Triadic

  1. #fded28
  2. #28fded
  3. #ed28fd

Tetradic

  1. #fded28
  2. #38fd28
  3. #2838fd
  4. #ed28fd

Square

  1. #fded28
  2. #28fd82
  3. #2838fd
  4. #fd28a3

Monochromatic

  1. #8b8001
  2. #d7c702
  3. #fded28
  4. #fef374
  5. #fefac0

Shades

#fded28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fded28
  2. #e4d524
  3. #cabe20
  4. #b1a61c
  5. #988e18
  6. #7f7714
  7. #655f10
  8. #4c470c
  9. #332f08
  10. #191804
  11. #000000

Tints

#fded28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fded28
  2. #fdef3e
  3. #fdf153
  4. #fef269
  5. #fef47e
  6. #fef694
  7. #fef8a9
  8. #fefabf
  9. #fffbd4
  10. #fffdea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fded28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fded28
  2. #f1e231
  3. #e4d73a
  4. #d8cc42
  5. #cbc14b
  6. #bfb754
  7. #b2ac5d
  8. #a6a166
  9. #99966e
  10. #8d8b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f1ebbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed3c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe3a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fded28 {
  color: #fded28;
}
Background
.bg-fded28 {
  background-color: #fded28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fded28 {
  border: 2px solid #fded28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fded28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 253 237 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 98% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fded28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fded28, #a3fd28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fded28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(253 237 40 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.06 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.17 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.52 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.52 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.77 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.87 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.12 #0212d7 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#fded28  rgb(253, 237, 40)  hsl(55, 98%, 57%)  Aureolin
#2838fd  rgb(40, 56, 253)  hsl(235, 98%, 57%)  Han Purple
#28fded  rgb(40, 253, 237)  hsl(175, 98%, 57%)  Turquoise Blue
#ed28fd  rgb(237, 40, 253)  hsl(295, 98%, 57%)  Fuchsia