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#FFDE16

#ffde16 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffde16 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 87.06% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 91.37% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 51.5°, with 100% saturation and 54.31% 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 15.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 0.58.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7356

Complementary

  1. #ffde16
  2. #1637ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffde16
  2. #16acff
  3. #6916ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6916
  2. #ffde16
  3. #acff16

Triadic

  1. #ffde16
  2. #16ffde
  3. #de16ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffde16
  2. #37ff16
  3. #1637ff
  4. #de16ff

Square

  1. #ffde16
  2. #16ff69
  3. #1637ff
  4. #ff16ac

Monochromatic

  1. #7c6a00
  2. #c8ac00
  3. #ffde16
  4. #ffe962
  5. #fff4af

Shades

#ffde16 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffde16
  2. #e6c814
  3. #ccb212
  4. #b39b0f
  5. #99850d
  6. #806f0b
  7. #665909
  8. #4d4307
  9. #332c04
  10. #1a1602
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffde16 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffde16
  2. #ffe12d
  3. #ffe545
  4. #ffe85c
  5. #ffeb73
  6. #ffef8b
  7. #fff2a2
  8. #fff5b9
  9. #fff8d0
  10. #fffce8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffde16 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffde16
  2. #f2d521
  3. #e6cb2b
  4. #d9c236
  5. #ccb840
  6. #c0af4b
  7. #b3a656
  8. #a69c60
  9. #99936b
  10. #8d8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ecdeb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6d800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee32e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffccbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fadb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe126 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd397 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffde16 {
  color: #ffde16;
}
Background
.bg-ffde16 {
  background-color: #ffde16;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffde16 {
  border: 2px solid #ffde16;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffde16;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 222 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffde16 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffde16, #acff16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffde16 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 222 22 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 0.58 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.50 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 2.17 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.45 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.42 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.73 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.81 #0021e9 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffde16  rgb(255, 222, 22)  hsl(52, 100%, 54%)  Golden Yellow
#1637ff  rgb(22, 55, 255)  hsl(232, 100%, 54%)  Han Purple
#16ffde  rgb(22, 255, 222)  hsl(172, 100%, 54%)  Turquoise Blue
#de16ff  rgb(222, 22, 255)  hsl(292, 100%, 54%)  Fuchsia