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#FFE008

#ffe008 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe008 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 87.84% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 96.86% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 52.47°, with 100% saturation and 51.57% 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 15.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 0.31.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7459

Complementary

  1. #ffe008
  2. #0827ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe008
  2. #08a3ff
  3. #6508ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6508
  2. #ffe008
  3. #a3ff08

Triadic

  1. #ffe008
  2. #08ffe0
  3. #e008ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe008
  2. #27ff08
  3. #0827ff
  4. #e008ff

Square

  1. #ffe008
  2. #08ff65
  3. #0827ff
  4. #ff08a3

Monochromatic

  1. #6e6000
  2. #bba300
  3. #ffe008
  4. #ffea55
  5. #fff3a1

Shades

#ffe008 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe008
  2. #e6ca07
  3. #ccb306
  4. #b39d06
  5. #998605
  6. #807004
  7. #665a03
  8. #4d4302
  9. #332d02
  10. #1a1601
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe008 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe008
  2. #ffe321
  3. #ffe639
  4. #ffe952
  5. #ffec6b
  6. #fff084
  7. #fff39c
  8. #fff6b5
  9. #fff9ce
  10. #fffce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe008 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe008
  2. #f2d614
  3. #e6cd20
  4. #d9c32c
  5. #ccba38
  6. #c0b044
  7. #b3a650
  8. #a69d5c
  9. #999368
  10. #8d8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ede0b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f8da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe529 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcebf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fbdc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe320 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd598 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe008 {
  color: #ffe008;
}
Background
.bg-ffe008 {
  background-color: #ffe008;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe008 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe008;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe008;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 224 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe008 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe008, #a3ff08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe008 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 224 8 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 0.31 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.63 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 2.81 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.09 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.11 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.45 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.48 #001ff7 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffe008  rgb(255, 224, 8)  hsl(52, 100%, 52%)  Golden Yellow
#0827ff  rgb(8, 39, 255)  hsl(232, 100%, 52%)  Blue
#08ffe0  rgb(8, 255, 224)  hsl(172, 100%, 52%)  Turquoise Blue
#e008ff  rgb(224, 8, 255)  hsl(292, 100%, 52%)  Fuchsia