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#FFEE01

#ffee01 ≈ Canary Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffee01 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 93.33% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 99.61% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 55.98°, with 100% saturation and 50.2% 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 17.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Canary Yellow (#ffef00), ΔE 0.28.

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Relative luminance0.8241

Complementary

  1. #ffee01
  2. #0112ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffee01
  2. #0191ff
  3. #6f01ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6f01
  2. #ffee01
  3. #91ff01

Triadic

  1. #ffee01
  2. #01ffee
  3. #ee01ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffee01
  2. #12ff01
  3. #0112ff
  4. #ee01ff

Square

  1. #ffee01
  2. #01ff6f
  3. #0112ff
  4. #ff0191

Monochromatic

  1. #676000
  2. #b4a700
  3. #ffee01
  4. #fff34e
  5. #fff89a

Shades

#ffee01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffee01
  2. #e6d601
  3. #ccbe01
  4. #b3a701
  5. #998f01
  6. #807701
  7. #665f00
  8. #4d4700
  9. #333000
  10. #1a1800
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffee01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffee01
  2. #fff01a
  3. #fff134
  4. #fff34d
  5. #fff567
  6. #fff780
  7. #fff899
  8. #fffab3
  9. #fffccc
  10. #fffde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffee01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffee01
  2. #f2e30e
  3. #e6d81a
  4. #d9cd27
  5. #ccc234
  6. #c0b741
  7. #b3ac4d
  8. #a6a15a
  9. #999667
  10. #8d8b73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f3ecbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffee2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffee01 {
  color: #ffee01;
}
Background
.bg-ffee01 {
  background-color: #ffee01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffee01 {
  border: 2px solid #ffee01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffee01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 238 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffee01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffee01, #91ff01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffee01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 238 1 / 0.35);
}

#ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 0.28 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.44 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.22 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.49 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.89 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.64 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.45 #0011fe Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Canary Yellow
#ffee01  rgb(255, 238, 1)  hsl(56, 100%, 50%)  Canary Yellow
#0112ff  rgb(1, 18, 255)  hsl(236, 100%, 50%)  Blue
#01ffee  rgb(1, 255, 238)  hsl(176, 100%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee01ff  rgb(238, 1, 255)  hsl(296, 100%, 50%)  Fuchsia