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#FFE516

#ffe516 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe516 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 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 91.37% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 53.3°, with 100% saturation and 54.31% 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 1.82.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7736

Complementary

  1. #ffe516
  2. #1630ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe516
  2. #16a5ff
  3. #7016ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7016
  2. #ffe516
  3. #a5ff16

Triadic

  1. #ffe516
  2. #16ffe5
  3. #e516ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe516
  2. #30ff16
  3. #1630ff
  4. #e516ff

Square

  1. #ffe516
  2. #16ff70
  3. #1630ff
  4. #ff16a5

Monochromatic

  1. #7c6e00
  2. #c8b200
  3. #ffe516
  4. #ffee62
  5. #fff6af

Shades

#ffe516 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe516
  2. #e6ce14
  3. #ccb712
  4. #b3a00f
  5. #99890d
  6. #80730b
  7. #665c09
  8. #4d4507
  9. #332e04
  10. #1a1702
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe516 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe516
  2. #ffe82d
  3. #ffea45
  4. #ffed5c
  5. #ffef73
  6. #fff28b
  7. #fff5a2
  8. #fff7b9
  9. #fffad0
  10. #fffce8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe516 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe516
  2. #f2db21
  3. #e6d12b
  4. #d9c736
  5. #ccbd40
  6. #c0b34b
  7. #b3a856
  8. #a69e60
  9. #99946b
  10. #8d8a75
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 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 #ffe830 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd3c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe728 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffda9c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe516 {
  color: #ffe516;
}
Background
.bg-ffe516 {
  background-color: #ffe516;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe516 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe516;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe516;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 229 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 100% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe516 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe516, #a5ff16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe516 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 229 22 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.82 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.99 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.98 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.01 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.22 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.07 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.31 #001ae9 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffe516  rgb(255, 229, 22)  hsl(53, 100%, 54%)  Golden Yellow
#1630ff  rgb(22, 48, 255)  hsl(233, 100%, 54%)  Han Purple
#16ffe5  rgb(22, 255, 229)  hsl(173, 100%, 54%)  Turquoise Blue
#e516ff  rgb(229, 22, 255)  hsl(293, 100%, 54%)  Fuchsia