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#FFC71A

#ffc71a ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffc71a 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 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.96% magenta, 89.8% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 45.33°, with 100% saturation and 55.1% 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 13.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mikado Yellow (#ffc40c), ΔE 0.94.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6218

Complementary

  1. #ffc71a
  2. #1a52ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffc71a
  2. #1ac4ff
  3. #551aff

Analogous

  1. #ff551a
  2. #ffc71a
  3. #c4ff1a

Triadic

  1. #ffc71a
  2. #1affc7
  3. #c71aff

Tetradic

  1. #ffc71a
  2. #52ff1a
  3. #1a52ff
  4. #c71aff

Square

  1. #ffc71a
  2. #1aff55
  3. #1a52ff
  4. #ff1ac4

Monochromatic

  1. #806100
  2. #cd9b00
  3. #ffc71a
  4. #ffda67
  5. #ffecb3

Shades

#ffc71a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffc71a
  2. #e6b317
  3. #cc9f15
  4. #b38b12
  5. #997710
  6. #80640d
  7. #66500a
  8. #4d3c08
  9. #332805
  10. #1a1403
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffc71a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffc71a
  2. #ffcd31
  3. #ffd248
  4. #ffd85f
  5. #ffdd76
  6. #ffe38d
  7. #ffe9a3
  8. #ffeeba
  9. #fff4d1
  10. #fff9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffc71a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffc71a
  2. #f2c024
  3. #e6b92e
  4. #d9b239
  5. #ccab43
  6. #c0a44d
  7. #b39c57
  8. #a69561
  9. #998e6c
  10. #8d8776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.44:1 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 #eed52a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb4aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #edc600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5cf24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbc88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffc71a {
  color: #ffc71a;
}
Background
.bg-ffc71a {
  background-color: #ffc71a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffc71a {
  border: 2px solid #ffc71a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffc71a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 199 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 100% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffc71a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffc71a, #c4ff1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffc71a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 199 26 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 0.94 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 1.24 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 1.71 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.38 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.55 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.63 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.34 #0038e5 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#ffc71a  rgb(255, 199, 26)  hsl(45, 100%, 55%)  Mikado Yellow
#1a52ff  rgb(26, 82, 255)  hsl(225, 100%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#1affc7  rgb(26, 255, 199)  hsl(165, 100%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#c71aff  rgb(199, 26, 255)  hsl(285, 100%, 55%)  Electric Purple