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#FFE52C

#ffe52c ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe52c 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 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 82.75% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 52.61°, with 100% saturation and 58.63% 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 16.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 1.44.

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Relative luminance0.7748

Complementary

  1. #ffe52c
  2. #2c46ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe52c
  2. #2cafff
  3. #7c2cff

Analogous

  1. #ff7c2c
  2. #ffe52c
  3. #afff2c

Triadic

  1. #ffe52c
  2. #2cffe5
  3. #e52cff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe52c
  2. #46ff2c
  3. #2c46ff
  4. #e52cff

Square

  1. #ffe52c
  2. #2cff7c
  3. #2c46ff
  4. #ff2caf

Monochromatic

  1. #928000
  2. #dfc300
  3. #ffe52c
  4. #ffee79
  5. #fff8c5

Shades

#ffe52c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe52c
  2. #e6ce28
  3. #ccb723
  4. #b3a01f
  5. #99891a
  6. #807316
  7. #665c12
  8. #4d450d
  9. #332e09
  10. #1a1704
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe52c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe52c
  2. #ffe841
  3. #ffea56
  4. #ffed6b
  5. #ffef80
  6. #fff296
  7. #fff5ab
  8. #fff7c0
  9. #fffad5
  10. #fffcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe52c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe52c
  2. #f2db34
  3. #e6d13d
  4. #d9c745
  5. #ccbd4e
  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 16.5:1 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 #ffe83d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd3c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde103 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe737 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdb9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe52c {
  color: #ffe52c;
}
Background
.bg-ffe52c {
  background-color: #ffe52c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe52c {
  border: 2px solid #ffe52c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe52c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 229 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe52c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe52c, #afff2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe52c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 229 44 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.44 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.05 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.94 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.30 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.30 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.19 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.32 #001ad3 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe52c  rgb(255, 229, 44)  hsl(53, 100%, 59%)  Banana Yellow
#2c46ff  rgb(44, 70, 255)  hsl(233, 100%, 59%)  Majorelle Blue
#2cffe5  rgb(44, 255, 229)  hsl(173, 100%, 59%)  Turquoise Blue
#e52cff  rgb(229, 44, 255)  hsl(293, 100%, 59%)  Fuchsia