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#FFE506

#ffe506 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe506 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 89.8% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 97.65% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 53.73°, with 100% saturation and 51.18% 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 16.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.82.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7731

Complementary

  1. #ffe506
  2. #0620ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe506
  2. #069dff
  3. #6806ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6806
  2. #ffe506
  3. #9dff06

Triadic

  1. #ffe506
  2. #06ffe5
  3. #e506ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe506
  2. #20ff06
  3. #0620ff
  4. #e506ff

Square

  1. #ffe506
  2. #06ff68
  3. #0620ff
  4. #ff069d

Monochromatic

  1. #6c6100
  2. #b9a500
  3. #ffe506
  4. #ffed53
  5. #fff59f

Shades

#ffe506 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe506
  2. #e6ce05
  3. #ccb705
  4. #b3a004
  5. #998904
  6. #807303
  7. #665c02
  8. #4d4502
  9. #332e01
  10. #1a1701
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe506 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe506
  2. #ffe81f
  3. #ffea38
  4. #ffed51
  5. #ffef6a
  6. #fff283
  7. #fff59b
  8. #fff7b4
  9. #fffacd
  10. #fffce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe506 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe506
  2. #f2db12
  3. #e6d11e
  4. #d9c72b
  5. #ccbd37
  6. #c0b343
  7. #b3a84f
  8. #a69e5b
  9. #999468
  10. #8d8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe4b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fcde00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe82a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd3c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe721 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffda9b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe506 {
  color: #ffe506;
}
Background
.bg-ffe506 {
  background-color: #ffe506;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe506 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe506;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe506;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 229 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 100% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe506 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe506, #9dff06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe506 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 229 6 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.82 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.24 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.92 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.95 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.38 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.07 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.34 #001af9 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffe506  rgb(255, 229, 6)  hsl(54, 100%, 51%)  Golden Yellow
#0620ff  rgb(6, 32, 255)  hsl(234, 100%, 51%)  Blue
#06ffe5  rgb(6, 255, 229)  hsl(174, 100%, 51%)  Turquoise Blue
#e506ff  rgb(229, 6, 255)  hsl(294, 100%, 51%)  Fuchsia