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#FBE201

#fbe201 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbe201 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 88.63% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.96% magenta, 99.6% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 54°, with 99.21% saturation and 49.41% 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 15.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.71.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.749

Complementary

  1. #fbe201
  2. #011afb

Split complementary

  1. #fbe201
  2. #0197fb
  3. #6501fb

Analogous

  1. #fb6501
  2. #fbe201
  3. #97fb01

Triadic

  1. #fbe201
  2. #01fbe2
  3. #e201fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbe201
  2. #1afb01
  3. #011afb
  4. #e201fb

Square

  1. #fbe201
  2. #01fb65
  3. #011afb
  4. #fb0197

Monochromatic

  1. #635900
  2. #af9d01
  3. #fbe201
  4. #feec4a
  5. #fff496

Shades

#fbe201 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbe201
  2. #e2cb01
  3. #c9b501
  4. #b09e01
  5. #978801
  6. #7e7101
  7. #645a00
  8. #4b4400
  9. #322d00
  10. #191700
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbe201 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbe201
  2. #fbe51a
  3. #fce834
  4. #fceb4d
  5. #fdee67
  6. #fdf180
  7. #fdf399
  8. #fef6b3
  9. #fef9cc
  10. #fffce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbe201 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbe201
  2. #efd80e
  3. #e2ce1a
  4. #d6c527
  5. #cabb34
  6. #beb141
  7. #b1a74d
  8. #a59d5a
  9. #999467
  10. #8c8a73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ece1b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9db00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe528 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd0c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fade00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fee41e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd899 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbe201 {
  color: #fbe201;
}
Background
.bg-fbe201 {
  background-color: #fbe201;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbe201 {
  border: 2px solid #fbe201;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbe201;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 226 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 99% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbe201 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbe201, #97fb01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbe201 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 226 1 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.71 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.17 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.97 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.22 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.26 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.85 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.15 #041dfe Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#fbe201  rgb(251, 226, 1)  hsl(54, 99%, 49%)  Golden Yellow
#011afb  rgb(1, 26, 251)  hsl(234, 99%, 49%)  Blue
#01fbe2  rgb(1, 251, 226)  hsl(174, 99%, 49%)  Turquoise Blue
#e201fb  rgb(226, 1, 251)  hsl(294, 99%, 49%)  Fuchsia