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#FEE017

#fee017 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fee017 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.61% red, 87.84% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.81% magenta, 90.94% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 52.21°, with 99.14% saturation and 54.31% 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 15.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 0.64.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7444

Complementary

  1. #fee017
  2. #1735fe

Split complementary

  1. #fee017
  2. #17a8fe
  3. #6c17fe

Analogous

  1. #fe6c17
  2. #fee017
  3. #a8fe17

Triadic

  1. #fee017
  2. #17fee0
  3. #e017fe

Tetradic

  1. #fee017
  2. #35fe17
  3. #1735fe
  4. #e017fe

Square

  1. #fee017
  2. #17fe6c
  3. #1735fe
  4. #fe17a8

Monochromatic

  1. #7b6b01
  2. #c8ae01
  3. #fee017
  4. #feea63
  5. #fff4af

Shades

#fee017 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fee017
  2. #e5ca15
  3. #cbb312
  4. #b29d10
  5. #98860e
  6. #7f700c
  7. #665a09
  8. #4c4307
  9. #332d05
  10. #191602
  11. #000000

Tints

#fee017 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fee017
  2. #fee32e
  3. #fee645
  4. #fee95d
  5. #feec74
  6. #fff08b
  7. #fff3a2
  8. #fff6b9
  9. #fff9d1
  10. #fffce8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fee017 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fee017
  2. #f1d622
  3. #e5cd2c
  4. #d8c337
  5. #ccba41
  6. #bfb04c
  7. #b2a656
  8. #a69d61
  9. #99936b
  10. #8d8a76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ede0b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe42f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcebf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fadc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe327 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd599 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fee017 {
  color: #fee017;
}
Background
.bg-fee017 {
  background-color: #fee017;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fee017 {
  border: 2px solid #fee017;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fee017;
  --color-primary-rgb: 254 224 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 99% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fee017 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fee017, #a8fe17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fee017 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(254 224 23 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 0.64 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.30 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 2.96 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.76 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.24 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.36 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.37 #011fe8 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#fee017  rgb(254, 224, 23)  hsl(52, 99%, 54%)  Golden Yellow
#1735fe  rgb(23, 53, 254)  hsl(232, 99%, 54%)  Han Purple
#17fee0  rgb(23, 254, 224)  hsl(172, 99%, 54%)  Turquoise Blue
#e017fe  rgb(224, 23, 254)  hsl(292, 99%, 54%)  Fuchsia