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#FFE303

#ffe303 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe303 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 89.02% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 98.82% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 53.33°, with 100% saturation and 50.59% 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 16.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.22.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.762

Complementary

  1. #ffe303
  2. #031fff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe303
  2. #039dff
  3. #6503ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6503
  2. #ffe303
  3. #9dff03

Triadic

  1. #ffe303
  2. #03ffe3
  3. #e303ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe303
  2. #1fff03
  3. #031fff
  4. #e303ff

Square

  1. #ffe303
  2. #03ff65
  3. #031fff
  4. #ff039d

Monochromatic

  1. #695d00
  2. #b6a100
  3. #ffe303
  4. #ffeb50
  5. #fff49c

Shades

#ffe303 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe303
  2. #e6cc03
  3. #ccb602
  4. #b39f02
  5. #998802
  6. #807202
  7. #665b01
  8. #4d4401
  9. #332d01
  10. #1a1700
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe303 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe303
  2. #ffe61c
  3. #ffe935
  4. #ffeb4f
  5. #ffee68
  6. #fff181
  7. #fff49a
  8. #fff7b3
  9. #fff9cd
  10. #fffce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe303 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe303
  2. #f2d910
  3. #e6cf1c
  4. #d9c529
  5. #ccbb35
  6. #c0b242
  7. #b3a84e
  8. #a69e5b
  9. #999467
  10. #8d8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eee3b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fbdc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe729 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd1c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fcdf00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe51f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd89a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe303 {
  color: #ffe303;
}
Background
.bg-ffe303 {
  background-color: #ffe303;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe303 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe303;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe303;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 227 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 100% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe303 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe303, #9dff03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe303 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 227 3 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.22 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.94 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.52 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.55 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.63 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.74 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.53 #001cfc Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffe303  rgb(255, 227, 3)  hsl(53, 100%, 51%)  Golden Yellow
#031fff  rgb(3, 31, 255)  hsl(233, 100%, 51%)  Blue
#03ffe3  rgb(3, 255, 227)  hsl(173, 100%, 51%)  Turquoise Blue
#e303ff  rgb(227, 3, 255)  hsl(293, 100%, 51%)  Fuchsia