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#FFC81A

#ffc81a ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffc81a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 78.43% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 89.8% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 45.59°, 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 13.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mikado Yellow (#ffc40c), ΔE 1.26.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6264

Complementary

  1. #ffc81a
  2. #1a51ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffc81a
  2. #1ac4ff
  3. #561aff

Analogous

  1. #ff561a
  2. #ffc81a
  3. #c4ff1a

Triadic

  1. #ffc81a
  2. #1affc8
  3. #c81aff

Tetradic

  1. #ffc81a
  2. #51ff1a
  3. #1a51ff
  4. #c81aff

Square

  1. #ffc81a
  2. #1aff56
  3. #1a51ff
  4. #ff1ac4

Monochromatic

  1. #806100
  2. #cd9b00
  3. #ffc81a
  4. #ffda67
  5. #ffedb3

Shades

#ffc81a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffc81a
  2. #e6b417
  3. #cca015
  4. #b38c12
  5. #997810
  6. #80640d
  7. #66500a
  8. #4d3c08
  9. #332805
  10. #1a1403
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffc81a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffc81a
  2. #ffce31
  3. #ffd348
  4. #ffd95f
  5. #ffde76
  6. #ffe48d
  7. #ffe9a3
  8. #ffefba
  9. #fff4d1
  10. #fffae8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffc81a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffc81a
  2. #f2c124
  3. #e6ba2e
  4. #d9b239
  5. #ccab43
  6. #c0a44d
  7. #b39d57
  8. #a69661
  9. #998e6c
  10. #8d8776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4cca6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2c700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #efd62a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb5ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eec700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5d024 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbd89 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffc81a {
  color: #ffc81a;
}
Background
.bg-ffc81a {
  background-color: #ffc81a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffc81a {
  border: 2px solid #ffc81a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffc81a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 200 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 100% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffc81a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffc81a, #c4ff1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffc81a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 200 26 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.26 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 1.50 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 1.52 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.35 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.89 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.34 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.99 #0037e5 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#ffc81a  rgb(255, 200, 26)  hsl(46, 100%, 55%)  Mikado Yellow
#1a51ff  rgb(26, 81, 255)  hsl(226, 100%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#1affc8  rgb(26, 255, 200)  hsl(166, 100%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#c81aff  rgb(200, 26, 255)  hsl(286, 100%, 55%)  Electric Purple