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#FFE90E

#ffe90e ≈ Canary Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe90e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 91.37% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 94.51% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 54.52°, with 100% saturation and 52.75% 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 16.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Canary Yellow (#ffef00), ΔE 1.76.

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Relative luminance0.7957

Complementary

  1. #ffe90e
  2. #0e24ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe90e
  2. #0e9dff
  3. #710eff

Analogous

  1. #ff710e
  2. #ffe90e
  3. #9dff0e

Triadic

  1. #ffe90e
  2. #0effe9
  3. #e90eff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe90e
  2. #24ff0e
  3. #0e24ff
  4. #e90eff

Square

  1. #ffe90e
  2. #0eff71
  3. #0e24ff
  4. #ff0e9d

Monochromatic

  1. #746900
  2. #c1af00
  3. #ffe90e
  4. #fff05b
  5. #fff7a7

Shades

#ffe90e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe90e
  2. #e6d20d
  3. #ccba0b
  4. #b3a30a
  5. #998c08
  6. #807507
  7. #665d06
  8. #4d4604
  9. #332f03
  10. #1a1701
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe90e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe90e
  2. #ffeb26
  3. #ffed3e
  4. #fff056
  5. #fff26e
  6. #fff487
  7. #fff69f
  8. #fff8b7
  9. #fffbcf
  10. #fffde7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe90e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe90e
  2. #f2df19
  3. #e6d425
  4. #d9ca30
  5. #ccbf3c
  6. #c0b547
  7. #b3aa52
  8. #a6a05e
  9. #999569
  10. #8d8b75
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f1e8b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffeb2e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd7c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffea25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdf9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe90e {
  color: #ffe90e;
}
Background
.bg-ffe90e {
  background-color: #ffe90e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe90e {
  border: 2px solid #ffe90e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe90e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 233 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 100% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe90e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe90e, #9dff0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe90e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 233 14 / 0.35);
}

#ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.76 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.79 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.99 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.08 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.14 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.32 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 3.69 #0016f1 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Canary Yellow
#ffe90e  rgb(255, 233, 14)  hsl(55, 100%, 53%)  Canary Yellow
#0e24ff  rgb(14, 36, 255)  hsl(235, 100%, 53%)  Blue
#0effe9  rgb(14, 255, 233)  hsl(175, 100%, 53%)  Turquoise Blue
#e90eff  rgb(233, 14, 255)  hsl(295, 100%, 53%)  Fuchsia