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#FEC136

#fec136 ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fec136 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.61% red, 75.69% green and 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.02% magenta, 78.74% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 41.7°, with 99.01% saturation and 60.39% 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 12.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 2.3.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5948

Complementary

  1. #fec136
  2. #3673fe

Split complementary

  1. #fec136
  2. #36d7fe
  3. #5d36fe

Analogous

  1. #fe5d36
  2. #fec136
  3. #d7fe36

Triadic

  1. #fec136
  2. #36fec1
  3. #c136fe

Tetradic

  1. #fec136
  2. #73fe36
  3. #3673fe
  4. #c136fe

Square

  1. #fec136
  2. #36fe5d
  3. #3673fe
  4. #fe36d7

Monochromatic

  1. #9a6b01
  2. #e6a001
  3. #fec136
  4. #fed882
  5. #fff0ce

Shades

#fec136 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fec136
  2. #e5ae31
  3. #cb9a2b
  4. #b28726
  5. #987420
  6. #7f611b
  7. #664d16
  8. #4c3a10
  9. #33270b
  10. #191305
  11. #000000

Tints

#fec136 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fec136
  2. #fec74a
  3. #fecd5e
  4. #fed472
  5. #feda86
  6. #ffe09b
  7. #ffe6af
  8. #ffecc3
  9. #fff3d7
  10. #fff9eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fec136 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fec136
  2. #f1bb3d
  3. #e5b445
  4. #d8ae4c
  5. #cca754
  6. #bfa15b
  7. #b29a62
  8. #a6946a
  9. #998d71
  10. #8d8779
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1c7a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dac218 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d13d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaea7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eac127 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2cb3a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb688 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fec136 {
  color: #fec136;
}
Background
.bg-fec136 {
  background-color: #fec136;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fec136 {
  border: 2px solid #fec136;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fec136;
  --color-primary-rgb: 254 193 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 99% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fec136 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fec136, #d7fe36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fec136 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(254 193 54 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.30 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 2.83 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.00 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.68 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.93 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.81 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.31 #013ec9 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Amber
#fec136  rgb(254, 193, 54)  hsl(42, 99%, 60%)  Amber
#3673fe  rgb(54, 115, 254)  hsl(222, 99%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#36fec1  rgb(54, 254, 193)  hsl(162, 99%, 60%)  Aquamarine
#c136fe  rgb(193, 54, 254)  hsl(282, 99%, 60%)  Electric Purple