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#FFE805

#ffe805 ≈ Canary Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe805 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 90.98% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 98.04% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 54.48°, with 100% saturation and 50.98% 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 16.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Canary Yellow (#ffef00), ΔE 2.03.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.7898

Complementary

  1. #ffe805
  2. #051cff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe805
  2. #0599ff
  3. #6b05ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6b05
  2. #ffe805
  3. #99ff05

Triadic

  1. #ffe805
  2. #05ffe8
  3. #e805ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe805
  2. #1cff05
  3. #051cff
  4. #e805ff

Square

  1. #ffe805
  2. #05ff6b
  3. #051cff
  4. #ff0599

Monochromatic

  1. #6b6100
  2. #b7a700
  3. #ffe805
  4. #ffef51
  5. #fff69e

Shades

#ffe805 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe805
  2. #e6d105
  3. #ccba04
  4. #b3a204
  5. #998b03
  6. #807403
  7. #665d02
  8. #4d4602
  9. #332e01
  10. #1a1701
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe805 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe805
  2. #ffea1e
  3. #ffed37
  4. #ffef50
  5. #fff169
  6. #fff482
  7. #fff69b
  8. #fff8b4
  9. #fffacd
  10. #fffde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe805 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe805
  2. #f2de11
  3. #e6d31e
  4. #d9c92a
  5. #ccbe36
  6. #c0b443
  7. #b3aa4f
  8. #a69f5b
  9. #999567
  10. #8d8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0e7b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffea2b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd6c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe921 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdd9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe805 {
  color: #ffe805;
}
Background
.bg-ffe805 {
  background-color: #ffe805;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe805 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe805;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe805;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 232 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 100% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe805 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe805, #99ff05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe805 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 232 5 / 0.35);
}

#ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.03 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.07 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.71 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.92 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.23 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.49 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 3.96 #0017fa Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Canary Yellow
#ffe805  rgb(255, 232, 5)  hsl(54, 100%, 51%)  Canary Yellow
#051cff  rgb(5, 28, 255)  hsl(234, 100%, 51%)  Blue
#05ffe8  rgb(5, 255, 232)  hsl(174, 100%, 51%)  Turquoise Blue
#e805ff  rgb(232, 5, 255)  hsl(294, 100%, 51%)  Fuchsia