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#FFE42E

#ffe42e ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe42e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 81.96% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 52.25°, with 100% saturation and 59.02% 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 16.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.09.

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Relative luminance0.7694

Complementary

  1. #ffe42e
  2. #2e49ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe42e
  2. #2eb1ff
  3. #7c2eff

Analogous

  1. #ff7c2e
  2. #ffe42e
  3. #b1ff2e

Triadic

  1. #ffe42e
  2. #2effe4
  3. #e42eff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe42e
  2. #49ff2e
  3. #2e49ff
  4. #e42eff

Square

  1. #ffe42e
  2. #2eff7c
  3. #2e49ff
  4. #ff2eb1

Monochromatic

  1. #948100
  2. #e1c400
  3. #ffe42e
  4. #ffee7b
  5. #fff8c7

Shades

#ffe42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe42e
  2. #e6cd29
  3. #ccb625
  4. #b3a020
  5. #99891c
  6. #807217
  7. #665b12
  8. #4d440e
  9. #332e09
  10. #1a1705
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe42e
  2. #ffe743
  3. #ffe958
  4. #ffec6d
  5. #ffef82
  6. #fff297
  7. #fff4ab
  8. #fff7c0
  9. #fffad5
  10. #fffcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe42e
  2. #f2da36
  3. #e6d03e
  4. #d9c647
  5. #ccbc4f
  6. #c0b257
  7. #b3a85f
  8. #a69e67
  9. #999470
  10. #8d8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe4b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fbde00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe83e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde00b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe638 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffda9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe42e {
  color: #ffe42e;
}
Background
.bg-ffe42e {
  background-color: #ffe42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe42e {
  border: 2px solid #ffe42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 228 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe42e, #b1ff2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 228 46 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.09 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.88 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.06 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.64 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.64 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.04 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.45 #001bd1 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe42e  rgb(255, 228, 46)  hsl(52, 100%, 59%)  Banana Yellow
#2e49ff  rgb(46, 73, 255)  hsl(232, 100%, 59%)  Majorelle Blue
#2effe4  rgb(46, 255, 228)  hsl(172, 100%, 59%)  Turquoise Blue
#e42eff  rgb(228, 46, 255)  hsl(292, 100%, 59%)  Fuchsia