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#FFC70E

#ffc70e ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffc70e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 78.04% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.96% magenta, 94.51% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 46.06°, 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 13.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mikado Yellow (#ffc40c), ΔE 1.02.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6214

Complementary

  1. #ffc70e
  2. #0e46ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffc70e
  2. #0ebeff
  3. #4f0eff

Analogous

  1. #ff4f0e
  2. #ffc70e
  3. #beff0e

Triadic

  1. #ffc70e
  2. #0effc7
  3. #c70eff

Tetradic

  1. #ffc70e
  2. #46ff0e
  3. #0e46ff
  4. #c70eff

Square

  1. #ffc70e
  2. #0eff4f
  3. #0e46ff
  4. #ff0ebe

Monochromatic

  1. #745900
  2. #c19400
  3. #ffc70e
  4. #ffd95b
  5. #ffeba7

Shades

#ffc70e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffc70e
  2. #e6b30d
  3. #cc9f0b
  4. #b38b0a
  5. #997708
  6. #806407
  7. #665006
  8. #4d3c04
  9. #332803
  10. #1a1401
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffc70e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffc70e
  2. #ffcd26
  3. #ffd23e
  4. #ffd856
  5. #ffdd6e
  6. #ffe387
  7. #ffe99f
  8. #ffeeb7
  9. #fff4cf
  10. #fff9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffc70e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffc70e
  2. #f2c019
  3. #e6b925
  4. #d9b230
  5. #ccab3c
  6. #c0a447
  7. #b39c52
  8. #a6955e
  9. #998e69
  10. #8d8775
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4cca5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1c600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eed523 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb4aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eec600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5cf1c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbc87 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffc70e {
  color: #ffc70e;
}
Background
.bg-ffc70e {
  background-color: #ffc70e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffc70e {
  border: 2px solid #ffc70e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffc70e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 199 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 100% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffc70e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffc70e, #beff0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffc70e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 199 14 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.02 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 1.24 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 1.91 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.56 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.66 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.51 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.15 #0038f1 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#ffc70e  rgb(255, 199, 14)  hsl(46, 100%, 53%)  Mikado Yellow
#0e46ff  rgb(14, 70, 255)  hsl(226, 100%, 53%)  Majorelle Blue
#0effc7  rgb(14, 255, 199)  hsl(166, 100%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#c70eff  rgb(199, 14, 255)  hsl(286, 100%, 53%)  Electric Purple