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#FFBA26

#ffba26 ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffba26 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 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.06% magenta, 85.1% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 40.92°, with 100% 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 12.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 2.85.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5652

Complementary

  1. #ffba26
  2. #266bff

Split complementary

  1. #ffba26
  2. #26d8ff
  3. #4d26ff

Analogous

  1. #ff4d26
  2. #ffba26
  3. #d8ff26

Triadic

  1. #ffba26
  2. #26ffba
  3. #ba26ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffba26
  2. #6bff26
  3. #266bff
  4. #ba26ff

Square

  1. #ffba26
  2. #26ff4d
  3. #266bff
  4. #ff26d8

Monochromatic

  1. #8c5f00
  2. #d89400
  3. #ffba26
  4. #ffd272
  5. #ffebbf

Shades

#ffba26 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffba26
  2. #e6a722
  3. #cc951e
  4. #b3821b
  5. #997017
  6. #805d13
  7. #664a0f
  8. #4d380b
  9. #332508
  10. #1a1304
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffba26 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffba26
  2. #ffc13c
  3. #ffc851
  4. #ffcf67
  5. #ffd67d
  6. #ffdd93
  7. #ffe3a8
  8. #ffeabe
  9. #fff1d4
  10. #fff8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffba26 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffba26
  2. #f2b42f
  3. #e6ae38
  4. #d9a941
  5. #cca34a
  6. #c09d53
  7. #b3975c
  8. #a69165
  9. #998c6e
  10. #8d8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfc19f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5cd2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa6a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7bb0b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0c62b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffae81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffba26 {
  color: #ffba26;
}
Background
.bg-ffba26 {
  background-color: #ffba26;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffba26 {
  border: 2px solid #ffba26;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffba26;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 186 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 100% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffba26 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffba26, #d8ff26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffba26 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 186 38 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.85 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.27 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.32 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.42 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.69 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.82 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.10 #0045d9 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Amber
#ffba26  rgb(255, 186, 38)  hsl(41, 100%, 57%)  Amber
#266bff  rgb(38, 107, 255)  hsl(221, 100%, 57%)  Brandeis Blue
#26ffba  rgb(38, 255, 186)  hsl(161, 100%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green
#ba26ff  rgb(186, 38, 255)  hsl(281, 100%, 57%)  Electric Purple