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#FFF600

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fff600 (Cadmium Yellow) is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 96.47% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 57.88°, 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 18.43:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Relative luminance0.8717

Complementary

  1. #fff600
  2. #0009ff

Split complementary

  1. #fff600
  2. #0089ff
  3. #7600ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7600
  2. #fff600
  3. #89ff00

Triadic

  1. #fff600
  2. #00fff6
  3. #f600ff

Tetradic

  1. #fff600
  2. #09ff00
  3. #0009ff
  4. #f600ff

Square

  1. #fff600
  2. #00ff76
  3. #0009ff
  4. #ff0089

Monochromatic

  1. #666200
  2. #b3ac00
  3. #fff600
  4. #fff94d
  5. #fffb99

Shades

#fff600 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fff600
  2. #e6dd00
  3. #ccc500
  4. #b3ac00
  5. #999400
  6. #807b00
  7. #666200
  8. #4d4a00
  9. #333100
  10. #1a1900
  11. #000000

Tints

#fff600 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fff600
  2. #fff71a
  3. #fff833
  4. #fff94d
  5. #fffa66
  6. #fffb80
  7. #fffb99
  8. #fffcb3
  9. #fffdcc
  10. #fffee6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fff600 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fff600
  2. #f2ea0d
  3. #e6de1a
  4. #d9d326
  5. #ccc733
  6. #c0bb40
  7. #b3af4d
  8. #a6a35a
  9. #999866
  10. #8d8c73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f0f0f0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f6f2bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffec00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fff32e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe4d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fff000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fff423 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffeca7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fff600 {
  color: #fff600;
}
Background
.bg-fff600 {
  background-color: #fff600;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fff600 {
  border: 2px solid #fff600;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fff600;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 246 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fff600 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fff600, #89ff00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fff600 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 246 0 / 0.35);
}

#fff700 Lemon ΔE 0.27 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.94 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.96 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 2.37 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 2.73 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.52 #0009ff Inverted #f0f0f0 Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#fff600  rgb(255, 246, 0)  hsl(58, 100%, 50%)  Cadmium Yellow
#0009ff  rgb(0, 9, 255)  hsl(238, 100%, 50%)  Blue
#00fff6  rgb(0, 255, 246)  hsl(178, 100%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#f600ff  rgb(246, 0, 255)  hsl(298, 100%, 50%)  Fuchsia