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#FFC60E

#ffc60e ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffc60e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 77.65% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.35% magenta, 94.51% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 45.81°, 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 13.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mikado Yellow (#ffc40c), ΔE 0.67.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6168

Complementary

  1. #ffc60e
  2. #0e47ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffc60e
  2. #0ec0ff
  3. #4e0eff

Analogous

  1. #ff4e0e
  2. #ffc60e
  3. #c0ff0e

Triadic

  1. #ffc60e
  2. #0effc6
  3. #c60eff

Tetradic

  1. #ffc60e
  2. #47ff0e
  3. #0e47ff
  4. #c60eff

Square

  1. #ffc60e
  2. #0eff4e
  3. #0e47ff
  4. #ff0ec0

Monochromatic

  1. #745900
  2. #c19300
  3. #ffc60e
  4. #ffd85b
  5. #ffeaa7

Shades

#ffc60e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffc60e
  2. #e6b20d
  3. #cc9e0b
  4. #b38b0a
  5. #997708
  6. #806307
  7. #664f06
  8. #4d3b04
  9. #332803
  10. #1a1401
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffc60e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffc60e
  2. #ffcc26
  3. #ffd13e
  4. #ffd756
  5. #ffdd6e
  6. #ffe387
  7. #ffe89f
  8. #ffeeb7
  9. #fff4cf
  10. #fff9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffc60e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffc60e
  2. #f2bf19
  3. #e6b825
  4. #d9b130
  5. #ccaa3c
  6. #c0a347
  7. #b39c52
  8. #a6955e
  9. #998e69
  10. #8d8775
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3cba4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0c500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eed423 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb2a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #edc500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5cf1c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbb86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffc60e {
  color: #ffc60e;
}
Background
.bg-ffc60e {
  background-color: #ffc60e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffc60e {
  border: 2px solid #ffc60e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffc60e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 198 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 100% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffc60e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffc60e, #c0ff0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffc60e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 198 14 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 0.67 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 0.96 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.10 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.32 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.61 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.80 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.50 #0039f1 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#ffc60e  rgb(255, 198, 14)  hsl(46, 100%, 53%)  Mikado Yellow
#0e47ff  rgb(14, 71, 255)  hsl(226, 100%, 53%)  Majorelle Blue
#0effc6  rgb(14, 255, 198)  hsl(166, 100%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#c60eff  rgb(198, 14, 255)  hsl(286, 100%, 53%)  Electric Purple