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#FFBA28

#ffba28 ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffba28 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 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.06% magenta, 84.31% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 40.74°, with 100% saturation and 57.84% 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 12.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 2.97.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5653

Complementary

  1. #ffba28
  2. #286dff

Split complementary

  1. #ffba28
  2. #28d9ff
  3. #4e28ff

Analogous

  1. #ff4e28
  2. #ffba28
  3. #d9ff28

Triadic

  1. #ffba28
  2. #28ffba
  3. #ba28ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffba28
  2. #6dff28
  3. #286dff
  4. #ba28ff

Square

  1. #ffba28
  2. #28ff4e
  3. #286dff
  4. #ff28d9

Monochromatic

  1. #8e6000
  2. #da9400
  3. #ffba28
  4. #ffd374
  5. #ffebc1

Shades

#ffba28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffba28
  2. #e6a724
  3. #cc9520
  4. #b3821c
  5. #997018
  6. #805d14
  7. #664a10
  8. #4d380c
  9. #332508
  10. #1a1304
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffba28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffba28
  2. #ffc13e
  3. #ffc853
  4. #ffcf69
  5. #ffd67e
  6. #ffdd94
  7. #ffe3a9
  8. #ffeabf
  9. #fff1d4
  10. #fff8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffba28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffba28
  2. #f2b431
  3. #e6ae3a
  4. #d9a942
  5. #cca34b
  6. #c09d54
  7. #b3975d
  8. #a69166
  9. #998c6e
  10. #8d8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.31:1 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 #e5cd30 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa6a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7bb10 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0c62d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffae81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffba28 {
  color: #ffba28;
}
Background
.bg-ffba28 {
  background-color: #ffba28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffba28 {
  border: 2px solid #ffba28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffba28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 186 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 100% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffba28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffba28, #d9ff28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffba28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 186 40 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.97 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.37 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.43 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.29 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.75 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.83 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.16 #0045d7 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Amber
#ffba28  rgb(255, 186, 40)  hsl(41, 100%, 58%)  Amber
#286dff  rgb(40, 109, 255)  hsl(221, 100%, 58%)  Brandeis Blue
#28ffba  rgb(40, 255, 186)  hsl(161, 100%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green
#ba28ff  rgb(186, 40, 255)  hsl(281, 100%, 58%)  Electric Purple