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#FFE331

#ffe331 ≈ Banana Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffe331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 89.02% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 80.78% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 51.84°, with 100% saturation and 59.61% 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 16.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Banana Yellow (#ffe135), ΔE 0.72.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7642

Complementary

  1. #ffe331
  2. #314dff

Split complementary

  1. #ffe331
  2. #31b4ff
  3. #7c31ff

Analogous

  1. #ff7c31
  2. #ffe331
  3. #b4ff31

Triadic

  1. #ffe331
  2. #31ffe3
  3. #e331ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffe331
  2. #4dff31
  3. #314dff
  4. #e331ff

Square

  1. #ffe331
  2. #31ff7c
  3. #314dff
  4. #ff31b4

Monochromatic

  1. #978200
  2. #e4c500
  3. #ffe331
  4. #ffed7e
  5. #fff8ca

Shades

#ffe331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffe331
  2. #e6cc2c
  3. #ccb627
  4. #b39f22
  5. #99881d
  6. #807219
  7. #665b14
  8. #4d440f
  9. #332d0a
  10. #1a1705
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffe331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffe331
  2. #ffe646
  3. #ffe95a
  4. #ffeb6f
  5. #ffee83
  6. #fff198
  7. #fff4ad
  8. #fff7c1
  9. #fff9d6
  10. #fffcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffe331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffe331
  2. #f2d939
  3. #e6cf41
  4. #d9c549
  5. #ccbb51
  6. #c0b259
  7. #b3a860
  8. #a69e68
  9. #999470
  10. #8d8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eee3b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fadd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe740 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fcdf14 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe53a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd99d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffe331 {
  color: #ffe331;
}
Background
.bg-ffe331 {
  background-color: #ffe331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffe331 {
  border: 2px solid #ffe331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffe331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 227 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffe331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe331, #b4ff31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffe331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 227 49 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 0.72 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.79 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.21 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.78 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.01 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.02 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.65 #001cce Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Banana Yellow
#ffe331  rgb(255, 227, 49)  hsl(52, 100%, 60%)  Banana Yellow
#314dff  rgb(49, 77, 255)  hsl(232, 100%, 60%)  Majorelle Blue
#31ffe3  rgb(49, 255, 227)  hsl(172, 100%, 60%)  Turquoise Blue
#e331ff  rgb(227, 49, 255)  hsl(292, 100%, 60%)  Fuchsia