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#FFE427

#ffe427 ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe427 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 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 84.71% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 52.5°, with 100% saturation and 57.65% 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 16.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.31.

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Relative luminance0.7689

Complementary

  1. #ffe427
  2. #2742ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe427
  2. #27aeff
  3. #7827ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7827
  2. #ffe427
  3. #aeff27

Triadic

  1. #ffe427
  2. #27ffe4
  3. #e427ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe427
  2. #42ff27
  3. #2742ff
  4. #e427ff

Square

  1. #ffe427
  2. #27ff78
  3. #2742ff
  4. #ff27ae

Monochromatic

  1. #8d7b00
  2. #dabe00
  3. #ffe427
  4. #ffee74
  5. #fff7c0

Shades

#ffe427 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe427
  2. #e6cd23
  3. #ccb61f
  4. #b3a01b
  5. #998917
  6. #807214
  7. #665b10
  8. #4d440c
  9. #332e08
  10. #1a1704
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe427 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe427
  2. #ffe73d
  3. #ffe952
  4. #ffec68
  5. #ffef7d
  6. #fff293
  7. #fff4a9
  8. #fff7be
  9. #fffad4
  10. #fffce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe427 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe427
  2. #f2da30
  3. #e6d039
  4. #d9c642
  5. #ccbc4b
  6. #c0b254
  7. #b3a85c
  8. #a69e65
  9. #99946e
  10. #8d8a77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.38:1 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 #ffe739 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe633 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffda9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe427 {
  color: #ffe427;
}
Background
.bg-ffe427 {
  background-color: #ffe427;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe427 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe427;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe427;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 228 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 100% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe427 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe427, #aeff27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe427 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 228 39 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.31 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.70 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.12 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.48 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.49 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.01 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.37 #001bd8 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe427  rgb(255, 228, 39)  hsl(53, 100%, 58%)  Banana Yellow
#2742ff  rgb(39, 66, 255)  hsl(233, 100%, 58%)  Majorelle Blue
#27ffe4  rgb(39, 255, 228)  hsl(173, 100%, 58%)  Turquoise Blue
#e427ff  rgb(228, 39, 255)  hsl(293, 100%, 58%)  Fuchsia