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#FFE52B

#ffe52b ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe52b 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 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 83.14% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 52.64°, with 100% saturation and 58.43% 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 16.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.46.

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Relative luminance0.7747

Complementary

  1. #ffe52b
  2. #2b45ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe52b
  2. #2bafff
  3. #7b2bff

Analogous

  1. #ff7b2b
  2. #ffe52b
  3. #afff2b

Triadic

  1. #ffe52b
  2. #2bffe5
  3. #e52bff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe52b
  2. #45ff2b
  3. #2b45ff
  4. #e52bff

Square

  1. #ffe52b
  2. #2bff7b
  3. #2b45ff
  4. #ff2baf

Monochromatic

  1. #917f00
  2. #ddc200
  3. #ffe52b
  4. #ffee77
  5. #fff8c4

Shades

#ffe52b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe52b
  2. #e6ce27
  3. #ccb722
  4. #b3a01e
  5. #99891a
  6. #807316
  7. #665c11
  8. #4d450d
  9. #332e09
  10. #1a1704
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe52b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe52b
  2. #ffe840
  3. #ffea55
  4. #ffed6b
  5. #ffef80
  6. #fff295
  7. #fff5aa
  8. #fff7bf
  9. #fffad5
  10. #fffcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe52b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe52b
  2. #f2db34
  3. #e6d13c
  4. #d9c745
  5. #ccbd4d
  6. #c0b356
  7. #b3a85e
  8. #a69e67
  9. #99946f
  10. #8d8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe4b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fcde00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe83c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd3c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe736 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdb9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe52b {
  color: #ffe52b;
}
Background
.bg-ffe52b {
  background-color: #ffe52b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe52b {
  border: 2px solid #ffe52b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe52b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 229 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 100% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe52b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe52b, #afff2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe52b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 229 43 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.46 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.03 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.95 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.27 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.28 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.18 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.32 #001ad4 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe52b  rgb(255, 229, 43)  hsl(53, 100%, 58%)  Banana Yellow
#2b45ff  rgb(43, 69, 255)  hsl(233, 100%, 58%)  Majorelle Blue
#2bffe5  rgb(43, 255, 229)  hsl(173, 100%, 58%)  Turquoise Blue
#e52bff  rgb(229, 43, 255)  hsl(293, 100%, 58%)  Fuchsia