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#F4E42E

#f4e42e ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f4e42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 89.41% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.56% magenta, 81.15% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 55.15°, with 90% saturation and 56.86% 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 Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 0.8.

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Relative luminance0.7492

Complementary

  1. #f4e42e
  2. #2e3ef4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e42e
  2. #2ea1f4
  3. #812ef4

Analogous

  1. #f4812e
  2. #f4e42e
  3. #a1f42e

Triadic

  1. #f4e42e
  2. #2ef4e4
  3. #e42ef4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e42e
  2. #3ef42e
  3. #2e3ef4
  4. #e42ef4

Square

  1. #f4e42e
  2. #2ef481
  3. #2e3ef4
  4. #f42ea1

Monochromatic

  1. #827807
  2. #cbbb0b
  3. #f4e42e
  4. #f8ed77
  5. #fcf7bf

Shades

#f4e42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e42e
  2. #dccd29
  3. #c3b625
  4. #aba020
  5. #92891c
  6. #7a7217
  7. #625b12
  8. #49440e
  9. #312e09
  10. #181705
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e42e
  2. #f5e743
  3. #f6e958
  4. #f7ec6d
  5. #f8ef82
  6. #faf297
  7. #fbf4ab
  8. #fcf7c0
  9. #fdfad5
  10. #fefcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e42e
  2. #e8da36
  3. #ddd03e
  4. #d1c647
  5. #c6bc4f
  6. #bab257
  7. #aea85f
  8. #a39e67
  9. #979470
  10. #8c8a78
  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 #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e2b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9dc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee43f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd4c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7df0c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fae439 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffda9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e42e {
  color: #f4e42e;
}
Background
.bg-f4e42e {
  background-color: #f4e42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e42e {
  border: 2px solid #f4e42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 228 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 90% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e42e, #a1f42e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 228 46 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 0.80 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.16 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.80 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.02 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.38 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.03 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.37 #0b1bd1 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#f4e42e  rgb(244, 228, 46)  hsl(55, 90%, 57%)  Dandelion
#2e3ef4  rgb(46, 62, 244)  hsl(235, 90%, 57%)  Han Purple
#2ef4e4  rgb(46, 244, 228)  hsl(175, 90%, 57%)  Turquoise Blue
#e42ef4  rgb(228, 46, 244)  hsl(295, 90%, 57%)  Fuchsia