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#FFE51E

#ffe51e ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe51e 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 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 88.24% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 53.07°, with 100% saturation and 55.88% 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 16.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.81.

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Relative luminance0.7739

Complementary

  1. #ffe51e
  2. #1e38ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe51e
  2. #1ea8ff
  3. #751eff

Analogous

  1. #ff751e
  2. #ffe51e
  3. #a8ff1e

Triadic

  1. #ffe51e
  2. #1effe5
  3. #e51eff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe51e
  2. #38ff1e
  3. #1e38ff
  4. #e51eff

Square

  1. #ffe51e
  2. #1eff75
  3. #1e38ff
  4. #ff1ea8

Monochromatic

  1. #847500
  2. #d0b800
  3. #ffe51e
  4. #ffee6a
  5. #fff7b7

Shades

#ffe51e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe51e
  2. #e6ce1b
  3. #ccb718
  4. #b3a015
  5. #998912
  6. #80730f
  7. #665c0c
  8. #4d4509
  9. #332e06
  10. #1a1703
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe51e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe51e
  2. #ffe835
  3. #ffea4b
  4. #ffed62
  5. #ffef78
  6. #fff28f
  7. #fff5a5
  8. #fff7bc
  9. #fffad2
  10. #fffce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe51e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe51e
  2. #f2db28
  3. #e6d132
  4. #d9c73b
  5. #ccbd45
  6. #c0b34f
  7. #b3a859
  8. #a69e63
  9. #99946c
  10. #8d8a76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.48:1 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 #ffe834 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd3c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe72d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdb9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe51e {
  color: #ffe51e;
}
Background
.bg-ffe51e {
  background-color: #ffe51e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe51e {
  border: 2px solid #ffe51e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe51e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 229 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 100% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe51e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe51e, #a8ff1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe51e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 229 30 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.81 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.85 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.05 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.07 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.11 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.09 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.30 #001ae1 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe51e  rgb(255, 229, 30)  hsl(53, 100%, 56%)  Banana Yellow
#1e38ff  rgb(30, 56, 255)  hsl(233, 100%, 56%)  Han Purple
#1effe5  rgb(30, 255, 229)  hsl(173, 100%, 56%)  Turquoise Blue
#e51eff  rgb(229, 30, 255)  hsl(293, 100%, 56%)  Fuchsia