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#FFC81E

#ffc81e ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffc81e 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 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 88.24% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 45.33°, with 100% saturation and 55.88% 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 luminance0.6266

Complementary

  1. #ffc81e
  2. #1e55ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffc81e
  2. #1ec6ff
  3. #571eff

Analogous

  1. #ff571e
  2. #ffc81e
  3. #c6ff1e

Triadic

  1. #ffc81e
  2. #1effc8
  3. #c81eff

Tetradic

  1. #ffc81e
  2. #55ff1e
  3. #1e55ff
  4. #c81eff

Square

  1. #ffc81e
  2. #1eff57
  3. #1e55ff
  4. #ff1ec6

Monochromatic

  1. #846400
  2. #d09e00
  3. #ffc81e
  4. #ffdb6a
  5. #ffedb7

Shades

#ffc81e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffc81e
  2. #e6b41b
  3. #cca018
  4. #b38c15
  5. #997812
  6. #80640f
  7. #66500c
  8. #4d3c09
  9. #332806
  10. #1a1403
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffc81e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffc81e
  2. #ffce35
  3. #ffd34b
  4. #ffd962
  5. #ffde78
  6. #ffe48f
  7. #ffe9a5
  8. #ffefbc
  9. #fff4d2
  10. #fffae9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffc81e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffc81e
  2. #f2c128
  3. #e6ba32
  4. #d9b23b
  5. #ccab45
  6. #c0a44f
  7. #b39d59
  8. #a69663
  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 #efd62c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb5ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eec700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5d027 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbd89 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffc81e {
  color: #ffc81e;
}
Background
.bg-ffc81e {
  background-color: #ffc81e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffc81e {
  border: 2px solid #ffc81e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffc81e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 200 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 100% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffc81e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffc81e, #c6ff1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffc81e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 200 30 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.26 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 1.42 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 1.53 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.27 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.86 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.41 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.09 #0037e1 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#ffc81e  rgb(255, 200, 30)  hsl(45, 100%, 56%)  Mikado Yellow
#1e55ff  rgb(30, 85, 255)  hsl(225, 100%, 56%)  Ultramarine Blue
#1effc8  rgb(30, 255, 200)  hsl(165, 100%, 56%)  Aquamarine
#c81eff  rgb(200, 30, 255)  hsl(285, 100%, 56%)  Electric Purple