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#ffef00 Canary Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffef00 (Canary Yellow) is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 93.73% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.27% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 56.24°, with 100% saturation and 50% 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 17.6:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8299

Complementary

  1. #ffef00
  2. #0010ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffef00
  2. #008fff
  3. #7000ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7000
  2. #ffef00
  3. #8fff00

Triadic

  1. #ffef00
  2. #00ffef
  3. #ef00ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffef00
  2. #10ff00
  3. #0010ff
  4. #ef00ff

Square

  1. #ffef00
  2. #00ff70
  3. #0010ff
  4. #ff008f

Monochromatic

  1. #666000
  2. #b3a700
  3. #ffef00
  4. #fff44d
  5. #fff999

Shades

#ffef00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffef00
  2. #e6d700
  3. #ccbf00
  4. #b3a700
  5. #998f00
  6. #807800
  7. #666000
  8. #4d4800
  9. #333000
  10. #1a1800
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffef00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffef00
  2. #fff11a
  3. #fff233
  4. #fff44d
  5. #fff566
  6. #fff780
  7. #fff999
  8. #fffab3
  9. #fffccc
  10. #fffde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffef00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffef00
  2. #f2e40d
  3. #e6d91a
  4. #d9ce26
  5. #ccc333
  6. #c0b840
  7. #b3ac4d
  8. #a6a15a
  9. #999666
  10. #8d8b73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ebebeb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f3edbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffef2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffddcc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffea00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffef21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe5a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffef00 {
  color: #ffef00;
}
Background
.bg-ffef00 {
  background-color: #ffef00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffef00 {
  border: 2px solid #ffef00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffef00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 239 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffef00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffef00, #8fff00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffef00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 239 0 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.33 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.94 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.21 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.89 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.78 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 4.31 #0010ff Inverted #ebebeb Grayscale 

Canary Yellow
#ffef00  rgb(255, 239, 0)  hsl(56, 100%, 50%)  Canary Yellow
#0010ff  rgb(0, 16, 255)  hsl(236, 100%, 50%)  Blue
#00ffef  rgb(0, 255, 239)  hsl(176, 100%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#ef00ff  rgb(239, 0, 255)  hsl(296, 100%, 50%)  Fuchsia