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#FFF601

#fff601 ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fff601 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 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 99.61% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 57.87°, 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 18.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 0.01.

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Relative luminance0.8717

Complementary

  1. #fff601
  2. #010aff

Split complementary

  1. #fff601
  2. #0189ff
  3. #7701ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7701
  2. #fff601
  3. #89ff01

Triadic

  1. #fff601
  2. #01fff6
  3. #f601ff

Tetradic

  1. #fff601
  2. #0aff01
  3. #010aff
  4. #f601ff

Square

  1. #fff601
  2. #01ff77
  3. #010aff
  4. #ff0189

Monochromatic

  1. #676300
  2. #b4ad00
  3. #fff601
  4. #fff94e
  5. #fffb9a

Shades

#fff601 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fff601
  2. #e6dd01
  3. #ccc501
  4. #b3ac01
  5. #999401
  6. #807b01
  7. #666200
  8. #4d4a00
  9. #333100
  10. #1a1900
  11. #000000

Tints

#fff601 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fff601
  2. #fff71a
  3. #fff834
  4. #fff94d
  5. #fffa67
  6. #fffb80
  7. #fffb99
  8. #fffcb3
  9. #fffdcc
  10. #fffee6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fff601 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fff601
  2. #f2ea0e
  3. #e6de1a
  4. #d9d327
  5. #ccc734
  6. #c0bb41
  7. #b3af4d
  8. #a6a35a
  9. #999867
  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 #fff32f ≈ 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-fff601 {
  color: #fff601;
}
Background
.bg-fff601 {
  background-color: #fff601;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fff601 {
  border: 2px solid #fff601;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fff601;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 246 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fff601 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fff601, #89ff01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fff601 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 246 1 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 0.01 #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 3.51 #0009fe Inverted #f0f0f0 Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#fff601  rgb(255, 246, 1)  hsl(58, 100%, 50%)  Cadmium Yellow
#010aff  rgb(1, 10, 255)  hsl(238, 100%, 50%)  Blue
#01fff6  rgb(1, 255, 246)  hsl(178, 100%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#f601ff  rgb(246, 1, 255)  hsl(298, 100%, 50%)  Fuchsia