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#F4EC79

#f4ec79 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f4ec79 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 92.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.28% magenta, 50.41% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 56.1°, with 84.83% saturation and 71.57% 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 17.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.65.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.806

Complementary

  1. #f4ec79
  2. #7981f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4ec79
  2. #79bef4
  3. #af79f4

Analogous

  1. #f4af79
  2. #f4ec79
  3. #bef479

Triadic

  1. #f4ec79
  2. #79f4ec
  3. #ec79f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4ec79
  2. #81f479
  3. #7981f4
  4. #ec79f4

Square

  1. #f4ec79
  2. #79f4af
  3. #7981f4
  4. #f479be

Monochromatic

  1. #c4b810
  2. #eee232
  3. #f4ec79
  4. #faf6c0
  5. #fdfcec

Shades

#f4ec79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4ec79
  2. #dcd46d
  3. #c3bd61
  4. #aba555
  5. #928e49
  6. #7a763d
  7. #625e30
  8. #494724
  9. #312f18
  10. #18180c
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4ec79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4ec79
  2. #f5ee86
  3. #f6f094
  4. #f7f2a1
  5. #f8f4af
  6. #faf6bc
  7. #fbf7c9
  8. #fcf9d7
  9. #fdfbe4
  10. #fefdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4ec79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4ec79
  2. #e8e17a
  3. #ddd67a
  4. #d1cc7b
  5. #c6c17c
  6. #bab67d
  7. #aeab7d
  8. #a3a07e
  9. #97967f
  10. #8c8b7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #edeac5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fde56e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffea7f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f9e873 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fbeb7c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fde4b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4ec79 {
  color: #f4ec79;
}
Background
.bg-f4ec79 {
  background-color: #f4ec79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4ec79 {
  border: 2px solid #f4ec79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4ec79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 236 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 85% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4ec79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4ec79, #bef479);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4ec79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 236 121 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.65 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.24 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.37 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.50 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.22 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 5.44 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.50 #0b1386 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Khaki
#f4ec79  rgb(244, 236, 121)  hsl(56, 85%, 72%)  Khaki
#7981f4  rgb(121, 129, 244)  hsl(236, 85%, 72%)  Medium Slate Blue
#79f4ec  rgb(121, 244, 236)  hsl(176, 85%, 72%)  Electric Blue
#ec79f4  rgb(236, 121, 244)  hsl(296, 85%, 72%)  Violet