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#FFE409

#ffe409 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe409 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 89.41% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 96.47% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 53.41°, with 100% saturation and 51.76% 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 16.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.51.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7677

Complementary

  1. #ffe409
  2. #0924ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe409
  2. #099fff
  3. #6909ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6909
  2. #ffe409
  3. #9fff09

Triadic

  1. #ffe409
  2. #09ffe4
  3. #e409ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe409
  2. #24ff09
  3. #0924ff
  4. #e409ff

Square

  1. #ffe409
  2. #09ff69
  3. #0924ff
  4. #ff099f

Monochromatic

  1. #6f6300
  2. #bba700
  3. #ffe409
  4. #ffec55
  5. #fff5a2

Shades

#ffe409 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe409
  2. #e6cd08
  3. #ccb607
  4. #b3a006
  5. #998905
  6. #807205
  7. #665b04
  8. #4d4403
  9. #332e02
  10. #1a1701
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe409 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe409
  2. #ffe722
  3. #ffe93a
  4. #ffec53
  5. #ffef6b
  6. #fff284
  7. #fff49d
  8. #fff7b5
  9. #ffface
  10. #fffce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe409 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe409
  2. #f2da15
  3. #e6d021
  4. #d9c62d
  5. #ccbc39
  6. #c0b245
  7. #b3a850
  8. #a69e5c
  9. #999468
  10. #8d8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe3b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fbdd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe72b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe621 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd99b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe409 {
  color: #ffe409;
}
Background
.bg-ffe409 {
  background-color: #ffe409;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe409 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe409;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe409;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 228 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 100% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe409 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe409, #9fff09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe409 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 228 9 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.51 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.02 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.23 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.26 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.46 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.03 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.29 #001bf6 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffe409  rgb(255, 228, 9)  hsl(53, 100%, 52%)  Golden Yellow
#0924ff  rgb(9, 36, 255)  hsl(233, 100%, 52%)  Blue
#09ffe4  rgb(9, 255, 228)  hsl(173, 100%, 52%)  Turquoise Blue
#e409ff  rgb(228, 9, 255)  hsl(293, 100%, 52%)  Fuchsia