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#FFE55C

#ffe55c ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ffe55c is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 89.8% green and 36.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 63.92% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 50.43°, with 100% saturation and 68.04% 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 16.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 3.07.

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Relative luminance0.7807

Complementary

  1. #ffe55c
  2. #5c76ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe55c
  2. #5cc7ff
  3. #945cff

Analogous

  1. #ff945c
  2. #ffe55c
  3. #c7ff5c

Triadic

  1. #ffe55c
  2. #5cffe5
  3. #e55cff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe55c
  2. #76ff5c
  3. #5c76ff
  4. #e55cff

Square

  1. #ffe55c
  2. #5cff94
  3. #5c76ff
  4. #ff5cc7

Monochromatic

  1. #c2a300
  2. #ffd910
  3. #ffe55c
  4. #fff1a9
  5. #fffceb

Shades

#ffe55c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe55c
  2. #e6ce53
  3. #ccb74a
  4. #b3a040
  5. #998937
  6. #80732e
  7. #665c25
  8. #4d451c
  9. #332e12
  10. #1a1709
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe55c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe55c
  2. #ffe86c
  3. #ffea7d
  4. #ffed8d
  5. #ffef9d
  6. #fff2ae
  7. #fff5be
  8. #fff7ce
  9. #fffade
  10. #fffcef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe55c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe55c
  2. #f2db60
  3. #e6d163
  4. #d9c767
  5. #ccbd6a
  6. #c0b36e
  7. #b3a872
  8. #a69e75
  9. #999479
  10. #8d8a7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0e5bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fadf4b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe963 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd5c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fce252 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe760 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdca8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe55c {
  color: #ffe55c;
}
Background
.bg-ffe55c {
  background-color: #ffe55c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe55c {
  border: 2px solid #ffe55c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe55c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 229 92;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 100% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe55c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe55c, #c7ff5c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe55c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 229 92 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.07 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 3.08 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 3.30 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.27 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.85 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.19 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 5.81 #001aa3 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe55c  rgb(255, 229, 92)  hsl(50, 100%, 68%)  Banana Yellow
#5c76ff  rgb(92, 118, 255)  hsl(230, 100%, 68%)  Ultramarine Blue
#5cffe5  rgb(92, 255, 229)  hsl(170, 100%, 68%)  Turquoise Blue
#e55cff  rgb(229, 92, 255)  hsl(290, 100%, 68%)  Heliotrope