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#FFE816

#ffe816 ≈ Canary Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe816 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 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 91.37% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 54.08°, with 100% saturation and 54.31% 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 16.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Canary Yellow (#ffef00), ΔE 2.09.

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Relative luminance0.7903

Complementary

  1. #ffe816
  2. #162dff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe816
  2. #16a1ff
  3. #7316ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7316
  2. #ffe816
  3. #a1ff16

Triadic

  1. #ffe816
  2. #16ffe8
  3. #e816ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe816
  2. #2dff16
  3. #162dff
  4. #e816ff

Square

  1. #ffe816
  2. #16ff73
  3. #162dff
  4. #ff16a1

Monochromatic

  1. #7c7000
  2. #c8b500
  3. #ffe816
  4. #fff062
  5. #fff7af

Shades

#ffe816 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe816
  2. #e6d114
  3. #ccba12
  4. #b3a20f
  5. #998b0d
  6. #80740b
  7. #665d09
  8. #4d4607
  9. #332e04
  10. #1a1702
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe816 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe816
  2. #ffea2d
  3. #ffed45
  4. #ffef5c
  5. #fff173
  6. #fff48b
  7. #fff6a2
  8. #fff8b9
  9. #fffad0
  10. #fffde8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe816 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe816
  2. #f2de21
  3. #e6d32b
  4. #d9c936
  5. #ccbe40
  6. #c0b44b
  7. #b3aa56
  8. #a69f60
  9. #99956b
  10. #8d8a75
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0e7b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffea31 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd6c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe928 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffde9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe816 {
  color: #ffe816;
}
Background
.bg-ffe816 {
  background-color: #ffe816;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe816 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe816;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe816;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 232 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 100% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe816 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe816, #a1ff16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe816 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 232 22 / 0.35);
}

#ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.09 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.12 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.70 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.72 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.04 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.47 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.01 #0017e9 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Canary Yellow
#ffe816  rgb(255, 232, 22)  hsl(54, 100%, 54%)  Canary Yellow
#162dff  rgb(22, 45, 255)  hsl(234, 100%, 54%)  Han Purple
#16ffe8  rgb(22, 255, 232)  hsl(174, 100%, 54%)  Turquoise Blue
#e816ff  rgb(232, 22, 255)  hsl(294, 100%, 54%)  Fuchsia