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#FFE43B

#ffe43b ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe43b 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 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 76.86% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 51.73°, with 100% saturation and 61.57% 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 16.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 0.94.

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Relative luminance0.7706

Complementary

  1. #ffe43b
  2. #3b56ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe43b
  2. #3bb8ff
  3. #823bff

Analogous

  1. #ff823b
  2. #ffe43b
  3. #b8ff3b

Triadic

  1. #ffe43b
  2. #3bffe4
  3. #e43bff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe43b
  2. #56ff3b
  3. #3b56ff
  4. #e43bff

Square

  1. #ffe43b
  2. #3bff82
  3. #3b56ff
  4. #ff3bb8

Monochromatic

  1. #a18b00
  2. #eecd00
  3. #ffe43b
  4. #ffef88
  5. #fff9d4

Shades

#ffe43b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe43b
  2. #e6cd35
  3. #ccb62f
  4. #b3a029
  5. #998923
  6. #80721e
  7. #665b18
  8. #4d4412
  9. #332e0c
  10. #1a1706
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe43b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe43b
  2. #ffe74f
  3. #ffe962
  4. #ffec76
  5. #ffef89
  6. #fff29d
  7. #fff4b1
  8. #fff7c4
  9. #fffad8
  10. #fffceb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe43b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe43b
  2. #f2da42
  3. #e6d049
  4. #d9c650
  5. #ccbc57
  6. #c0b25e
  7. #b3a864
  8. #a69e6b
  9. #999472
  10. #8d8a79
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe4b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fade0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe847 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd3c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fce027 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe643 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdaa0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe43b {
  color: #ffe43b;
}
Background
.bg-ffe43b {
  background-color: #ffe43b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe43b {
  border: 2px solid #ffe43b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe43b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 228 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe43b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe43b, #b8ff3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe43b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 228 59 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 0.94 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.40 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.06 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.07 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.08 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.22 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.43 #001bc4 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe43b  rgb(255, 228, 59)  hsl(52, 100%, 62%)  Banana Yellow
#3b56ff  rgb(59, 86, 255)  hsl(232, 100%, 62%)  Ultramarine Blue
#3bffe4  rgb(59, 255, 228)  hsl(172, 100%, 62%)  Turquoise Blue
#e43bff  rgb(228, 59, 255)  hsl(292, 100%, 62%)  Fuchsia