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#FFE72E

#ffe72e ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe72e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 81.96% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 53.11°, with 100% saturation and 59.02% 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 1.98.

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Relative luminance0.7861

Complementary

  1. #ffe72e
  2. #2e46ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe72e
  2. #2eafff
  3. #7f2eff

Analogous

  1. #ff7f2e
  2. #ffe72e
  3. #afff2e

Triadic

  1. #ffe72e
  2. #2effe7
  3. #e72eff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe72e
  2. #46ff2e
  3. #2e46ff
  4. #e72eff

Square

  1. #ffe72e
  2. #2eff7f
  3. #2e46ff
  4. #ff2eaf

Monochromatic

  1. #948300
  2. #e1c700
  3. #ffe72e
  4. #fff07b
  5. #fff9c7

Shades

#ffe72e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe72e
  2. #e6d029
  3. #ccb925
  4. #b3a220
  5. #998b1c
  6. #807417
  7. #665c12
  8. #4d450e
  9. #332e09
  10. #1a1705
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe72e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe72e
  2. #ffe943
  3. #ffec58
  4. #ffee6d
  5. #fff182
  6. #fff397
  7. #fff5ab
  8. #fff8c0
  9. #fffad5
  10. #fffdea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe72e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe72e
  2. #f2dd36
  3. #e6d23e
  4. #d9c847
  5. #ccbe4f
  6. #c0b457
  7. #b3a95f
  8. #a69f67
  9. #999570
  10. #8d8a78
  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 #f0e6b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fee000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe93f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd6c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fee309 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe939 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdda0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe72e {
  color: #ffe72e;
}
Background
.bg-ffe72e {
  background-color: #ffe72e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe72e {
  border: 2px solid #ffe72e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe72e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 231 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe72e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe72e, #afff2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe72e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 231 46 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.98 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.60 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.72 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.79 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.79 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.79 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.57 #0018d1 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe72e  rgb(255, 231, 46)  hsl(53, 100%, 59%)  Banana Yellow
#2e46ff  rgb(46, 70, 255)  hsl(233, 100%, 59%)  Majorelle Blue
#2effe7  rgb(46, 255, 231)  hsl(173, 100%, 59%)  Turquoise Blue
#e72eff  rgb(231, 46, 255)  hsl(293, 100%, 59%)  Fuchsia