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#F5F00A

#f5f00a ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f5f00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 96.08% red, 94.12% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.04% magenta, 95.92% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 58.72°, with 92.16% saturation and 50% 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 17.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 1.72.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8175

Complementary

  1. #f5f00a
  2. #0a0ff5

Split complementary

  1. #f5f00a
  2. #0a85f5
  3. #7a0af5

Analogous

  1. #f57a0a
  2. #f5f00a
  3. #85f50a

Triadic

  1. #f5f00a
  2. #0af5f0
  3. #f00af5

Tetradic

  1. #f5f00a
  2. #0ff50a
  3. #0a0ff5
  4. #f00af5

Square

  1. #f5f00a
  2. #0af57a
  3. #0a0ff5
  4. #f50a85

Monochromatic

  1. #626004
  2. #aca807
  3. #f5f00a
  4. #f8f453
  5. #fbf99d

Shades

#f5f00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f5f00a
  2. #ddd809
  3. #c4c008
  4. #aca807
  5. #939006
  6. #7b7805
  7. #626004
  8. #4a4803
  9. #313002
  10. #191801
  11. #000000

Tints

#f5f00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f5f00a
  2. #f6f223
  3. #f7f33b
  4. #f8f554
  5. #f9f66c
  6. #faf885
  7. #fbf99d
  8. #fcfbb6
  9. #fdfcce
  10. #fefee7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f5f00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f5f00a
  2. #e9e516
  3. #deda22
  4. #d2ce2d
  5. #c6c339
  6. #bbb845
  7. #afad51
  8. #a3a25d
  9. #979668
  10. #8c8b74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eeecba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffec30 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfcd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffea00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee26 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe6a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f5f00a {
  color: #f5f00a;
}
Background
.bg-f5f00a {
  background-color: #f5f00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f5f00a {
  border: 2px solid #f5f00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f5f00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 245 240 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 92% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f5f00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f5f00a, #85f50a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f5f00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(245 240 10 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.72 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 1.78 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.15 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.19 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.41 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 3.13 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 3.17 #0a0ff5 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#f5f00a  rgb(245, 240, 10)  hsl(59, 92%, 50%)  Cadmium Yellow
#0a0ff5  rgb(10, 15, 245)  hsl(239, 92%, 50%)  Blue
#0af5f0  rgb(10, 245, 240)  hsl(179, 92%, 50%)  Aqua
#f00af5  rgb(240, 10, 245)  hsl(299, 92%, 50%)  Fuchsia