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#FFDE26

#ffde26 ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffde26 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 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 85.1% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 50.88°, with 100% saturation and 57.45% 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 15.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.09.

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Relative luminance0.7364

Complementary

  1. #ffde26
  2. #2647ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffde26
  2. #26b3ff
  3. #7226ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7226
  2. #ffde26
  3. #b3ff26

Triadic

  1. #ffde26
  2. #26ffde
  3. #de26ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffde26
  2. #47ff26
  3. #2647ff
  4. #de26ff

Square

  1. #ffde26
  2. #26ff72
  3. #2647ff
  4. #ff26b3

Monochromatic

  1. #8c7700
  2. #d8b800
  3. #ffde26
  4. #ffea72
  5. #fff5bf

Shades

#ffde26 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffde26
  2. #e6c822
  3. #ccb21e
  4. #b39b1b
  5. #998517
  6. #806f13
  7. #66590f
  8. #4d430b
  9. #332c08
  10. #1a1604
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffde26 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffde26
  2. #ffe13c
  3. #ffe551
  4. #ffe867
  5. #ffeb7d
  6. #ffef93
  7. #fff2a8
  8. #fff5be
  9. #fff8d4
  10. #fffce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffde26 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffde26
  2. #f2d52f
  3. #e6cb38
  4. #d9c241
  5. #ccb84a
  6. #c0af53
  7. #b3a65c
  8. #a69c65
  9. #99936e
  10. #8d8977
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ecdeb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee437 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffccbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f9db00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fee131 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd399 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffde26 {
  color: #ffde26;
}
Background
.bg-ffde26 {
  background-color: #ffde26;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffde26 {
  border: 2px solid #ffde26;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffde26;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 222 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 100% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffde26 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffde26, #b3ff26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffde26 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 222 38 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.09 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.12 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 2.23 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.44 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.17 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.34 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 4.79 #0021d9 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffde26  rgb(255, 222, 38)  hsl(51, 100%, 57%)  Banana Yellow
#2647ff  rgb(38, 71, 255)  hsl(231, 100%, 57%)  Majorelle Blue
#26ffde  rgb(38, 255, 222)  hsl(171, 100%, 57%)  Turquoise Blue
#de26ff  rgb(222, 38, 255)  hsl(291, 100%, 57%)  Fuchsia