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#FFC40E

#ffc40e ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffc40e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 76.86% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.14% magenta, 94.51% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 45.31°, with 100% saturation and 52.75% 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 13.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mikado Yellow (#ffc40c), ΔE 0.05.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6077

Complementary

  1. #ffc40e
  2. #0e49ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffc40e
  2. #0ec2ff
  3. #4c0eff

Analogous

  1. #ff4c0e
  2. #ffc40e
  3. #c2ff0e

Triadic

  1. #ffc40e
  2. #0effc4
  3. #c40eff

Tetradic

  1. #ffc40e
  2. #49ff0e
  3. #0e49ff
  4. #c40eff

Square

  1. #ffc40e
  2. #0eff4c
  3. #0e49ff
  4. #ff0ec2

Monochromatic

  1. #745800
  2. #c19100
  3. #ffc40e
  4. #ffd75b
  5. #ffe9a7

Shades

#ffc40e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffc40e
  2. #e6b00d
  3. #cc9d0b
  4. #b3890a
  5. #997608
  6. #806207
  7. #664e06
  8. #4d3b04
  9. #332703
  10. #1a1401
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffc40e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffc40e
  2. #ffca26
  3. #ffd03e
  4. #ffd656
  5. #ffdc6e
  6. #ffe287
  7. #ffe79f
  8. #ffedb7
  9. #fff3cf
  10. #fff9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffc40e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffc40e
  2. #f2bd19
  3. #e6b625
  4. #d9b030
  5. #cca93c
  6. #c0a247
  7. #b39b52
  8. #a6945e
  9. #998e69
  10. #8d8775
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3c9a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dec400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd322 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb0a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ecc400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f4cd1c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb985 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffc40e {
  color: #ffc40e;
}
Background
.bg-ffc40e {
  background-color: #ffc40e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffc40e {
  border: 2px solid #ffc40e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffc40e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 196 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 100% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffc40e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffc40e, #c2ff0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffc40e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 196 14 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 0.05 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 0.62 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 1.63 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.60 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.84 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.40 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.19 #003bf1 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#ffc40e  rgb(255, 196, 14)  hsl(45, 100%, 53%)  Mikado Yellow
#0e49ff  rgb(14, 73, 255)  hsl(225, 100%, 53%)  Majorelle Blue
#0effc4  rgb(14, 255, 196)  hsl(165, 100%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#c40eff  rgb(196, 14, 255)  hsl(285, 100%, 53%)  Electric Purple