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#FFE151

#ffe151 ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ffe151 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 88.24% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 68.24% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 49.66°, with 100% saturation and 65.88% 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 16.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 2.14.

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Relative luminance0.757

Complementary

  1. #ffe151
  2. #516fff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe151
  2. #51c6ff
  3. #8a51ff

Analogous

  1. #ff8a51
  2. #ffe151
  3. #c6ff51

Triadic

  1. #ffe151
  2. #51ffe1
  3. #e151ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe151
  2. #6fff51
  3. #516fff
  4. #e151ff

Square

  1. #ffe151
  2. #51ff8a
  3. #516fff
  4. #ff51c6

Monochromatic

  1. #b79700
  2. #ffd404
  3. #ffe151
  4. #ffee9d
  5. #fffbea

Shades

#ffe151 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe151
  2. #e6cb49
  3. #ccb441
  4. #b39e39
  5. #998731
  6. #807129
  7. #665a20
  8. #4d4418
  9. #332d10
  10. #1a1708
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe151 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe151
  2. #ffe462
  3. #ffe774
  4. #ffea85
  5. #ffed97
  6. #fff0a8
  7. #fff3b9
  8. #fff6cb
  9. #fff9dc
  10. #fffcee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe151 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe151
  2. #f2d756
  3. #e6ce5a
  4. #d9c45f
  5. #ccba64
  6. #c0b169
  7. #b3a76d
  8. #a69d72
  9. #999377
  10. #8d8a7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eee1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7dc3d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe659 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd1c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fade46 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe456 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd7a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe151 {
  color: #ffe151;
}
Background
.bg-ffe151 {
  background-color: #ffe151;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe151 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe151;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe151;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 225 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 100% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe151 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe151, #c6ff51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe151 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 225 81 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.14 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 2.39 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 2.58 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.84 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.40 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.45 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.20 #001eae Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe151  rgb(255, 225, 81)  hsl(50, 100%, 66%)  Banana Yellow
#516fff  rgb(81, 111, 255)  hsl(230, 100%, 66%)  Ultramarine Blue
#51ffe1  rgb(81, 255, 225)  hsl(170, 100%, 66%)  Turquoise Blue
#e151ff  rgb(225, 81, 255)  hsl(290, 100%, 66%)  Fuchsia