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#FFE421

#ffe421 ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe421 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 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 87.06% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 52.7°, with 100% saturation and 56.47% 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 16.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.49.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7686

Complementary

  1. #ffe421
  2. #213cff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe421
  2. #21abff
  3. #7521ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7521
  2. #ffe421
  3. #abff21

Triadic

  1. #ffe421
  2. #21ffe4
  3. #e421ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe421
  2. #3cff21
  3. #213cff
  4. #e421ff

Square

  1. #ffe421
  2. #21ff75
  3. #213cff
  4. #ff21ab

Monochromatic

  1. #877700
  2. #d3ba00
  3. #ffe421
  4. #ffed6d
  5. #fff7ba

Shades

#ffe421 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe421
  2. #e6cd1e
  3. #ccb61a
  4. #b3a017
  5. #998914
  6. #807211
  7. #665b0d
  8. #4d440a
  9. #332e07
  10. #1a1703
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe421 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe421
  2. #ffe737
  3. #ffe94d
  4. #ffec64
  5. #ffef7a
  6. #fff290
  7. #fff4a6
  8. #fff7bc
  9. #fffad3
  10. #fffce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe421 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe421
  2. #f2da2b
  3. #e6d034
  4. #d9c63e
  5. #ccbc47
  6. #c0b251
  7. #b3a85a
  8. #a69e64
  9. #99946d
  10. #8d8a77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe3b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fbdd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe735 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe62e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffda9c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe421 {
  color: #ffe421;
}
Background
.bg-ffe421 {
  background-color: #ffe421;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe421 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe421;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe421;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 228 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 100% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe421 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe421, #abff21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe421 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 228 33 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.49 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.60 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.20 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.39 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.41 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.00 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.33 #001bde Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe421  rgb(255, 228, 33)  hsl(53, 100%, 56%)  Banana Yellow
#213cff  rgb(33, 60, 255)  hsl(233, 100%, 56%)  Han Purple
#21ffe4  rgb(33, 255, 228)  hsl(173, 100%, 56%)  Turquoise Blue
#e421ff  rgb(228, 33, 255)  hsl(293, 100%, 56%)  Fuchsia