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#FFE021

#ffe021 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe021 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 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 87.06% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 51.62°, with 100% saturation and 56.47% 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 15.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 0.8.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7468

Complementary

  1. #ffe021
  2. #2140ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe021
  2. #21afff
  3. #7121ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7121
  2. #ffe021
  3. #afff21

Triadic

  1. #ffe021
  2. #21ffe0
  3. #e021ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe021
  2. #40ff21
  3. #2140ff
  4. #e021ff

Square

  1. #ffe021
  2. #21ff71
  3. #2140ff
  4. #ff21af

Monochromatic

  1. #877400
  2. #d3b600
  3. #ffe021
  4. #ffeb6d
  5. #fff5ba

Shades

#ffe021 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe021
  2. #e6ca1e
  3. #ccb31a
  4. #b39d17
  5. #998614
  6. #807011
  7. #665a0d
  8. #4d430a
  9. #332d07
  10. #1a1603
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe021 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe021
  2. #ffe337
  3. #ffe64d
  4. #ffe964
  5. #ffec7a
  6. #fff090
  7. #fff3a6
  8. #fff6bc
  9. #fff9d3
  10. #fffce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe021 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe021
  2. #f2d62b
  3. #e6cd34
  4. #d9c33e
  5. #ccba47
  6. #c0b051
  7. #b3a65a
  8. #a69d64
  9. #99936d
  10. #8d8a77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ede0b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe534 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcec0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fadd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe32e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd59a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe021 {
  color: #ffe021;
}
Background
.bg-ffe021 {
  background-color: #ffe021;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe021 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe021;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe021;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 224 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe021 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe021, #afff21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe021 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 224 33 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 0.80 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 0.99 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 2.79 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.90 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.05 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.61 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.63 #001fde Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffe021  rgb(255, 224, 33)  hsl(52, 100%, 56%)  Golden Yellow
#2140ff  rgb(33, 64, 255)  hsl(232, 100%, 56%)  Majorelle Blue
#21ffe0  rgb(33, 255, 224)  hsl(172, 100%, 56%)  Turquoise Blue
#e021ff  rgb(224, 33, 255)  hsl(292, 100%, 56%)  Fuchsia