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#FFE50F

#ffe50f ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe50f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 94.12% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 53.5°, with 100% saturation and 52.94% 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 16.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.81.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7733

Complementary

  1. #ffe50f
  2. #0f29ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe50f
  2. #0fa1ff
  3. #6d0fff

Analogous

  1. #ff6d0f
  2. #ffe50f
  3. #a1ff0f

Triadic

  1. #ffe50f
  2. #0fffe5
  3. #e50fff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe50f
  2. #29ff0f
  3. #0f29ff
  4. #e50fff

Square

  1. #ffe50f
  2. #0fff6d
  3. #0f29ff
  4. #ff0fa1

Monochromatic

  1. #756800
  2. #c1ad00
  3. #ffe50f
  4. #ffed5b
  5. #fff6a8

Shades

#ffe50f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe50f
  2. #e6ce0e
  3. #ccb70c
  4. #b3a00b
  5. #998909
  6. #807308
  7. #665c06
  8. #4d4505
  9. #332e03
  10. #1a1702
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe50f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe50f
  2. #ffe827
  3. #ffea3f
  4. #ffed57
  5. #ffef6f
  6. #fff287
  7. #fff59f
  8. #fff7b7
  9. #fffacf
  10. #fffce7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe50f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe50f
  2. #f2db1a
  3. #e6d126
  4. #d9c731
  5. #ccbd3c
  6. #c0b348
  7. #b3a853
  8. #a69e5e
  9. #999469
  10. #8d8a75
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe4b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fcde00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe82d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd3c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe724 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffda9c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe50f {
  color: #ffe50f;
}
Background
.bg-ffe50f {
  background-color: #ffe50f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe50f {
  border: 2px solid #ffe50f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe50f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 229 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 100% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe50f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe50f, #a1ff0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe50f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 229 15 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.81 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.12 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.95 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.97 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.30 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.07 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.32 #001af0 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffe50f  rgb(255, 229, 15)  hsl(54, 100%, 53%)  Golden Yellow
#0f29ff  rgb(15, 41, 255)  hsl(234, 100%, 53%)  Ultramarine
#0fffe5  rgb(15, 255, 229)  hsl(174, 100%, 53%)  Turquoise Blue
#e50fff  rgb(229, 15, 255)  hsl(294, 100%, 53%)  Fuchsia