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#FFDE22

#ffde22 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffde22 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 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 86.67% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 51.04°, with 100% saturation and 56.67% 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 15.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 0.96.

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Relative luminance0.7362

Complementary

  1. #ffde22
  2. #2243ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffde22
  2. #22b2ff
  3. #7022ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7022
  2. #ffde22
  3. #b2ff22

Triadic

  1. #ffde22
  2. #22ffde
  3. #de22ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffde22
  2. #43ff22
  3. #2243ff
  4. #de22ff

Square

  1. #ffde22
  2. #22ff70
  3. #2243ff
  4. #ff22b2

Monochromatic

  1. #887400
  2. #d5b500
  3. #ffde22
  4. #ffe96f
  5. #fff5bb

Shades

#ffde22 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffde22
  2. #e6c81f
  3. #ccb21b
  4. #b39b18
  5. #998514
  6. #806f11
  7. #66590e
  8. #4d430a
  9. #332c07
  10. #1a1603
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffde22 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffde22
  2. #ffe138
  3. #ffe54e
  4. #ffe864
  5. #ffeb7a
  6. #ffef91
  7. #fff2a7
  8. #fff5bd
  9. #fff8d3
  10. #fffce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffde22 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffde22
  2. #f2d52b
  3. #e6cb35
  4. #d9c23e
  5. #ccb848
  6. #c0af51
  7. #b3a65a
  8. #a69c64
  9. #99936d
  10. #8d8977
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ecdeb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee435 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffccbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f9db00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fee12e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd398 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffde22 {
  color: #ffde22;
}
Background
.bg-ffde22 {
  background-color: #ffde22;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffde22 {
  border: 2px solid #ffde22;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffde22;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 222 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 100% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffde22 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffde22, #b2ff22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffde22 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 222 34 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 0.96 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.20 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 2.20 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.43 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.34 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.35 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.79 #0021dd Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffde22  rgb(255, 222, 34)  hsl(51, 100%, 57%)  Golden Yellow
#2243ff  rgb(34, 67, 255)  hsl(231, 100%, 57%)  Majorelle Blue
#22ffde  rgb(34, 255, 222)  hsl(171, 100%, 57%)  Turquoise Blue
#de22ff  rgb(222, 34, 255)  hsl(291, 100%, 57%)  Fuchsia