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#FFBA08

#ffba08 ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffba08 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 72.94% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.06% magenta, 96.86% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 43.24°, with 100% saturation and 51.57% 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 12.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 1.87.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.564

Complementary

  1. #ffba08
  2. #084dff

Split complementary

  1. #ffba08
  2. #08c8ff
  3. #3f08ff

Analogous

  1. #ff3f08
  2. #ffba08
  3. #c8ff08

Triadic

  1. #ffba08
  2. #08ffba
  3. #ba08ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffba08
  2. #4dff08
  3. #084dff
  4. #ba08ff

Square

  1. #ffba08
  2. #08ff3f
  3. #084dff
  4. #ff08c8

Monochromatic

  1. #6e4f00
  2. #bb8600
  3. #ffba08
  4. #ffcf55
  5. #ffe5a1

Shades

#ffba08 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffba08
  2. #e6a707
  3. #cc9506
  4. #b38206
  5. #997005
  6. #805d04
  7. #664a03
  8. #4d3802
  9. #332502
  10. #1a1301
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffba08 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffba08
  2. #ffc121
  3. #ffc839
  4. #ffcf52
  5. #ffd66b
  6. #ffdd84
  7. #ffe39c
  8. #ffeab5
  9. #fff1ce
  10. #fff8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffba08 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffba08
  2. #f2b414
  3. #e6ae20
  4. #d9a92c
  5. #cca338
  6. #c09d44
  7. #b39750
  8. #a6915c
  9. #998c68
  10. #8d8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfc19d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6cd1c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa69f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7bb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0c616 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffae7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffba08 {
  color: #ffba08;
}
Background
.bg-ffba08 {
  background-color: #ffba08;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffba08 {
  border: 2px solid #ffba08;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffba08;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 186 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 100% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffba08 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffba08, #c8ff08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffba08 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 186 8 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 1.87 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.47 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.48 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.34 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.71 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.95 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.66 #0045f7 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Amber
#ffba08  rgb(255, 186, 8)  hsl(43, 100%, 52%)  Amber
#084dff  rgb(8, 77, 255)  hsl(223, 100%, 52%)  Majorelle Blue
#08ffba  rgb(8, 255, 186)  hsl(163, 100%, 52%)  Medium Spring Green
#ba08ff  rgb(186, 8, 255)  hsl(283, 100%, 52%)  Electric Purple