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#FFE12E

#ffe12e ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe12e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 88.24% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 81.96% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 51.39°, with 100% saturation and 59.02% 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 16.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 0.4.

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Relative luminance0.7531

Complementary

  1. #ffe12e
  2. #2e4cff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe12e
  2. #2eb4ff
  3. #792eff

Analogous

  1. #ff792e
  2. #ffe12e
  3. #b4ff2e

Triadic

  1. #ffe12e
  2. #2effe1
  3. #e12eff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe12e
  2. #4cff2e
  3. #2e4cff
  4. #e12eff

Square

  1. #ffe12e
  2. #2eff79
  3. #2e4cff
  4. #ff2eb4

Monochromatic

  1. #947f00
  2. #e1c000
  3. #ffe12e
  4. #ffec7b
  5. #fff7c7

Shades

#ffe12e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe12e
  2. #e6cb29
  3. #ccb425
  4. #b39e20
  5. #99871c
  6. #807117
  7. #665a12
  8. #4d440e
  9. #332d09
  10. #1a1705
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe12e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe12e
  2. #ffe443
  3. #ffe758
  4. #ffea6d
  5. #ffed82
  6. #fff097
  7. #fff3ab
  8. #fff6c0
  9. #fff9d5
  10. #fffcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe12e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe12e
  2. #f2d736
  3. #e6ce3e
  4. #d9c447
  5. #ccba4f
  6. #c0b157
  7. #b3a75f
  8. #a69d67
  9. #999370
  10. #8d8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eee1b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f8db00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe63d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcfc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fbdd0d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe438 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd79c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe12e {
  color: #ffe12e;
}
Background
.bg-ffe12e {
  background-color: #ffe12e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe12e {
  border: 2px solid #ffe12e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe12e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 225 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe12e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe12e, #b4ff2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe12e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 225 46 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 0.40 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.41 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.18 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.62 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.35 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.37 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.54 #001ed1 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe12e  rgb(255, 225, 46)  hsl(51, 100%, 59%)  Banana Yellow
#2e4cff  rgb(46, 76, 255)  hsl(231, 100%, 59%)  Majorelle Blue
#2effe1  rgb(46, 255, 225)  hsl(171, 100%, 59%)  Turquoise Blue
#e12eff  rgb(225, 46, 255)  hsl(291, 100%, 59%)  Fuchsia