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#FFE706

#ffe706 ≈ Canary Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe706 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 90.59% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 97.65% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 54.22°, with 100% saturation and 51.18% 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 16.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Canary Yellow (#ffef00), ΔE 2.33.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.7842

Complementary

  1. #ffe706
  2. #061eff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe706
  2. #069aff
  3. #6b06ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6b06
  2. #ffe706
  3. #9aff06

Triadic

  1. #ffe706
  2. #06ffe7
  3. #e706ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe706
  2. #1eff06
  3. #061eff
  4. #e706ff

Square

  1. #ffe706
  2. #06ff6b
  3. #061eff
  4. #ff069a

Monochromatic

  1. #6c6200
  2. #b9a700
  3. #ffe706
  4. #ffee53
  5. #fff69f

Shades

#ffe706 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe706
  2. #e6d005
  3. #ccb905
  4. #b3a204
  5. #998b04
  6. #807403
  7. #665c02
  8. #4d4502
  9. #332e01
  10. #1a1701
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe706 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe706
  2. #ffe91f
  3. #ffec38
  4. #ffee51
  5. #fff16a
  6. #fff383
  7. #fff59b
  8. #fff8b4
  9. #fffacd
  10. #fffde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe706 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe706
  2. #f2dd12
  3. #e6d21e
  4. #d9c82b
  5. #ccbe37
  6. #c0b443
  7. #b3a94f
  8. #a69f5b
  9. #999568
  10. #8d8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0e6b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fee000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe92b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd5c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe821 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdc9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe706 {
  color: #ffe706;
}
Background
.bg-ffe706 {
  background-color: #ffe706;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe706 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe706;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe706;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 231 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 100% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe706 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe706, #9aff06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe706 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 231 6 / 0.35);
}

#ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.33 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.36 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.41 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.68 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.25 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.67 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.26 #0018f9 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Canary Yellow
#ffe706  rgb(255, 231, 6)  hsl(54, 100%, 51%)  Canary Yellow
#061eff  rgb(6, 30, 255)  hsl(234, 100%, 51%)  Blue
#06ffe7  rgb(6, 255, 231)  hsl(174, 100%, 51%)  Turquoise Blue
#e706ff  rgb(231, 6, 255)  hsl(294, 100%, 51%)  Fuchsia