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#FFE040

#ffe040 ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ffe040 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 87.84% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 74.9% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 50.26°, with 100% saturation and 62.55% 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 15.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 0.88.

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Relative luminance0.7494

Complementary

  1. #ffe040
  2. #405fff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe040
  2. #40bfff
  3. #8040ff

Analogous

  1. #ff8040
  2. #ffe040
  3. #bfff40

Triadic

  1. #ffe040
  2. #40ffe0
  3. #e040ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe040
  2. #5fff40
  3. #405fff
  4. #e040ff

Square

  1. #ffe040
  2. #40ff80
  3. #405fff
  4. #ff40bf

Monochromatic

  1. #a68b00
  2. #f3cb00
  3. #ffe040
  4. #ffec8d
  5. #fff9d9

Shades

#ffe040 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe040
  2. #e6ca3a
  3. #ccb333
  4. #b39d2d
  5. #998626
  6. #807020
  7. #665a1a
  8. #4d4313
  9. #332d0d
  10. #1a1606
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe040 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe040
  2. #ffe353
  3. #ffe666
  4. #ffe979
  5. #ffec8c
  6. #fff0a0
  7. #fff3b3
  8. #fff6c6
  9. #fff9d9
  10. #fffcec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe040 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe040
  2. #f2d646
  3. #e6cd4d
  4. #d9c353
  5. #ccba5a
  6. #c0b060
  7. #b3a666
  8. #a69d6d
  9. #999373
  10. #8d8a7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ede0b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7db20 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe54b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcfc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fadd30 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe347 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd69e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe040 {
  color: #ffe040;
}
Background
.bg-ffe040 {
  background-color: #ffe040;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe040 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe040;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe040;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 224 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 100% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe040 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe040, #bfff40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe040 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 224 64 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 0.88 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.50 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 3.14 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.38 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 3.59 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.01 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.34 #001fbf Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe040  rgb(255, 224, 64)  hsl(50, 100%, 63%)  Banana Yellow
#405fff  rgb(64, 95, 255)  hsl(230, 100%, 63%)  Ultramarine Blue
#40ffe0  rgb(64, 255, 224)  hsl(170, 100%, 63%)  Turquoise Blue
#e040ff  rgb(224, 64, 255)  hsl(290, 100%, 63%)  Fuchsia