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#FFED05

#ffed05 ≈ Canary Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffed05 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 92.94% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 98.04% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 55.68°, 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 17.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Canary Yellow (#ffef00), ΔE 0.58.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8184

Complementary

  1. #ffed05
  2. #0517ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffed05
  2. #0594ff
  3. #7005ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7005
  2. #ffed05
  3. #94ff05

Triadic

  1. #ffed05
  2. #05ffed
  3. #ed05ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffed05
  2. #17ff05
  3. #0517ff
  4. #ed05ff

Square

  1. #ffed05
  2. #05ff70
  3. #0517ff
  4. #ff0594

Monochromatic

  1. #6b6300
  2. #b7aa00
  3. #ffed05
  4. #fff351
  5. #fff89e

Shades

#ffed05 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffed05
  2. #e6d505
  3. #ccbe04
  4. #b3a604
  5. #998e03
  6. #807703
  7. #665f02
  8. #4d4702
  9. #332f01
  10. #1a1801
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffed05 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffed05
  2. #ffef1e
  3. #fff137
  4. #fff250
  5. #fff469
  6. #fff682
  7. #fff89b
  8. #fffab4
  9. #fffbcd
  10. #fffde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffed05 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffed05
  2. #f2e211
  3. #e6d71e
  4. #d9cc2a
  5. #ccc136
  6. #c0b743
  7. #b3ac4f
  8. #a6a15b
  9. #999667
  10. #8d8b74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f2ebba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed2d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe3a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffed05 {
  color: #ffed05;
}
Background
.bg-ffed05 {
  background-color: #ffed05;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffed05 {
  border: 2px solid #ffed05;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffed05;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 237 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 100% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffed05 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffed05, #94ff05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffed05 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 237 5 / 0.35);
}

#ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 0.58 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.67 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.51 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.78 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.92 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.48 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.16 #0012fa Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Canary Yellow
#ffed05  rgb(255, 237, 5)  hsl(56, 100%, 51%)  Canary Yellow
#0517ff  rgb(5, 23, 255)  hsl(236, 100%, 51%)  Blue
#05ffed  rgb(5, 255, 237)  hsl(176, 100%, 51%)  Turquoise Blue
#ed05ff  rgb(237, 5, 255)  hsl(296, 100%, 51%)  Fuchsia