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#FFC33B

#ffc33b ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffc33b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 76.47% green and 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.53% magenta, 76.86% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 41.63°, with 100% saturation and 61.57% 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 13.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 2.63.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6061

Complementary

  1. #ffc33b
  2. #3b77ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffc33b
  2. #3bd9ff
  3. #613bff

Analogous

  1. #ff613b
  2. #ffc33b
  3. #d9ff3b

Triadic

  1. #ffc33b
  2. #3bffc3
  3. #c33bff

Tetradic

  1. #ffc33b
  2. #77ff3b
  3. #3b77ff
  4. #c33bff

Square

  1. #ffc33b
  2. #3bff61
  3. #3b77ff
  4. #ff3bd9

Monochromatic

  1. #a17000
  2. #eea500
  3. #ffc33b
  4. #ffda88
  5. #fff2d4

Shades

#ffc33b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffc33b
  2. #e6b035
  3. #cc9c2f
  4. #b38929
  5. #997523
  6. #80621e
  7. #664e18
  8. #4d3b12
  9. #33270c
  10. #1a1406
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffc33b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffc33b
  2. #ffc94f
  3. #ffcf62
  4. #ffd576
  5. #ffdb89
  6. #ffe19d
  7. #ffe7b1
  8. #ffedc4
  9. #fff3d8
  10. #fff9eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffc33b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffc33b
  2. #f2bc42
  3. #e6b649
  4. #d9af50
  5. #cca857
  6. #c0a25e
  7. #b39b64
  8. #a6946b
  9. #998d72
  10. #8d8779
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2c9a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc322 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd342 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb0a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebc32e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3cd3f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb88a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffc33b {
  color: #ffc33b;
}
Background
.bg-ffc33b {
  background-color: #ffc33b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffc33b {
  border: 2px solid #ffc33b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffc33b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 195 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 100% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffc33b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffc33b, #d9ff3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffc33b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 195 59 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.63 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 2.88 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.11 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.56 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.64 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.93 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.15 #003cc4 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Amber
#ffc33b  rgb(255, 195, 59)  hsl(42, 100%, 62%)  Amber
#3b77ff  rgb(59, 119, 255)  hsl(222, 100%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#3bffc3  rgb(59, 255, 195)  hsl(162, 100%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#c33bff  rgb(195, 59, 255)  hsl(282, 100%, 62%)  Electric Purple