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#F6EC00

#f6ec00 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f6ec00 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 96.47% red, 92.55% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.07% magenta, 100% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 57.56°, with 100% saturation and 48.24% 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 16.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 1.26.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.7958

Complementary

  1. #f6ec00
  2. #000af6

Split complementary

  1. #f6ec00
  2. #0085f6
  3. #7100f6

Analogous

  1. #f67100
  2. #f6ec00
  3. #85f600

Triadic

  1. #f6ec00
  2. #00f6ec
  3. #ec00f6

Tetradic

  1. #f6ec00
  2. #0af600
  3. #000af6
  4. #ec00f6

Square

  1. #f6ec00
  2. #00f671
  3. #000af6
  4. #f60085

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5900
  2. #aaa300
  3. #f6ec00
  4. #fff744
  5. #fffa90

Shades

#f6ec00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f6ec00
  2. #ddd400
  3. #c5bd00
  4. #aca500
  5. #948e00
  6. #7b7600
  7. #625e00
  8. #4a4700
  9. #312f00
  10. #191800
  11. #000000

Tints

#f6ec00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f6ec00
  2. #f7ee1a
  3. #f8f033
  4. #f9f24d
  5. #faf466
  6. #fbf680
  7. #fbf799
  8. #fcf9b3
  9. #fdfbcc
  10. #fefde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f6ec00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f6ec00
  2. #eae10d
  3. #ded61a
  4. #d3cc26
  5. #c7c133
  6. #bbb640
  7. #afab4d
  8. #a3a05a
  9. #989666
  10. #8c8b73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ede9b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffea2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffeb21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe2a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f6ec00 {
  color: #f6ec00;
}
Background
.bg-f6ec00 {
  background-color: #f6ec00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f6ec00 {
  border: 2px solid #f6ec00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f6ec00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 246 236 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 100% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f6ec00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6ec00, #85f600);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f6ec00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(246 236 0 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.26 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.48 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.58 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.11 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.31 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.12 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 4.15 #0913ff Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#f6ec00  rgb(246, 236, 0)  hsl(58, 100%, 48%)  Aureolin
#000af6  rgb(0, 10, 246)  hsl(238, 100%, 48%)  Blue
#00f6ec  rgb(0, 246, 236)  hsl(178, 100%, 48%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec00f6  rgb(236, 0, 246)  hsl(298, 100%, 48%)  Fuchsia