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#FFE72A

#ffe72a ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe72a 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 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 83.53% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 53.24°, with 100% saturation and 58.24% 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 16.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 2.06.

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Relative luminance0.7858

Complementary

  1. #ffe72a
  2. #2a42ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe72a
  2. #2aadff
  3. #7d2aff

Analogous

  1. #ff7d2a
  2. #ffe72a
  3. #adff2a

Triadic

  1. #ffe72a
  2. #2affe7
  3. #e72aff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe72a
  2. #42ff2a
  3. #2a42ff
  4. #e72aff

Square

  1. #ffe72a
  2. #2aff7d
  3. #2a42ff
  4. #ff2aad

Monochromatic

  1. #908000
  2. #ddc400
  3. #ffe72a
  4. #fff077
  5. #fff8c3

Shades

#ffe72a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe72a
  2. #e6d026
  3. #ccb922
  4. #b3a21d
  5. #998b19
  6. #807415
  7. #665c11
  8. #4d450d
  9. #332e08
  10. #1a1704
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe72a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe72a
  2. #ffe93f
  3. #ffec55
  4. #ffee6a
  5. #fff17f
  6. #fff395
  7. #fff5aa
  8. #fff8bf
  9. #fffad4
  10. #fffdea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe72a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe72a
  2. #f2dd33
  3. #e6d23b
  4. #d9c844
  5. #ccbe4c
  6. #c0b455
  7. #b3a95e
  8. #a69f66
  9. #99956f
  10. #8d8a77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0e6b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fee000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe93c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd5c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fee300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe835 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdd9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe72a {
  color: #ffe72a;
}
Background
.bg-ffe72a {
  background-color: #ffe72a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe72a {
  border: 2px solid #ffe72a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe72a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 231 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 100% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe72a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe72a, #adff2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe72a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 231 42 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.06 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.53 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.68 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.68 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.77 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.74 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.50 #0018d5 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe72a  rgb(255, 231, 42)  hsl(53, 100%, 58%)  Banana Yellow
#2a42ff  rgb(42, 66, 255)  hsl(233, 100%, 58%)  Majorelle Blue
#2affe7  rgb(42, 255, 231)  hsl(173, 100%, 58%)  Turquoise Blue
#e72aff  rgb(231, 42, 255)  hsl(293, 100%, 58%)  Fuchsia