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#F4E080

#f4e080 ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f4e080 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 87.84% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.2% magenta, 47.54% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 49.66°, with 84.06% saturation and 72.94% 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 15.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 1.23.

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Relative luminance0.741

Complementary

  1. #f4e080
  2. #8094f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e080
  2. #80cef4
  3. #a680f4

Analogous

  1. #f4a680
  2. #f4e080
  3. #cef480

Triadic

  1. #f4e080
  2. #80f4e0
  3. #e080f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e080
  2. #94f480
  3. #8094f4
  4. #e080f4

Square

  1. #f4e080
  2. #80f4a6
  3. #8094f4
  4. #f480ce

Monochromatic

  1. #caaa11
  2. #eecf3a
  3. #f4e080
  4. #faf1c6
  5. #fdfaec

Shades

#f4e080 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e080
  2. #dcca73
  3. #c3b366
  4. #ab9d5a
  5. #92864d
  6. #7a7040
  7. #625a33
  8. #494326
  9. #312d1a
  10. #18160d
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e080 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e080
  2. #f5e38d
  3. #f6e699
  4. #f7e9a6
  5. #f8ecb3
  6. #faf0c0
  7. #fbf3cc
  8. #fcf6d9
  9. #fdf9e6
  10. #fefcf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e080 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e080
  2. #e8d680
  3. #ddcd80
  4. #d1c380
  5. #c6ba80
  6. #bab080
  7. #aea680
  8. #a39d80
  9. #979380
  10. #8c8a80
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f1db78 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6e384 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd3c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2dd7b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e282 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fdd9b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e080 {
  color: #f4e080;
}
Background
.bg-f4e080 {
  background-color: #f4e080;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e080 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e080;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e080;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 224 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 84% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e080 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e080, #cef480);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e080 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 224 128 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 1.23 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 1.37 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 1.68 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.05 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 3.50 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 4.75 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.82 #0b1f7f Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Buff
#f4e080  rgb(244, 224, 128)  hsl(50, 84%, 73%)  Buff
#8094f4  rgb(128, 148, 244)  hsl(230, 84%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#80f4e0  rgb(128, 244, 224)  hsl(170, 84%, 73%)  Turquoise Blue
#e080f4  rgb(224, 128, 244)  hsl(290, 84%, 73%)  Violet