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#F8EC79

#f8ec79 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f8ec79 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.25% red, 92.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.84% magenta, 51.21% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 54.33°, with 90.07% saturation and 72.35% 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 17.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.74.

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Relative luminance0.8133

Complementary

  1. #f8ec79
  2. #7985f8

Split complementary

  1. #f8ec79
  2. #79c4f8
  3. #ac79f8

Analogous

  1. #f8ac79
  2. #f8ec79
  3. #c4f879

Triadic

  1. #f8ec79
  2. #79f8ec
  3. #ec79f8

Tetradic

  1. #f8ec79
  2. #85f879
  3. #7985f8
  4. #ec79f8

Square

  1. #f8ec79
  2. #79f8ac
  3. #7985f8
  4. #f879c4

Monochromatic

  1. #cdbb0b
  2. #f4e230
  3. #f8ec79
  4. #fcf6c2
  5. #fefcec

Shades

#f8ec79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f8ec79
  2. #dfd46d
  3. #c6bd61
  4. #aea555
  5. #958e49
  6. #7c763d
  7. #635e30
  8. #4a4724
  9. #322f18
  10. #19180c
  11. #000000

Tints

#f8ec79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f8ec79
  2. #f9ee86
  3. #f9f094
  4. #faf2a1
  5. #fbf4af
  6. #fcf6bc
  7. #fcf7c9
  8. #fdf9d7
  9. #fefbe4
  10. #fefdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f8ec79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f8ec79
  2. #ece17a
  3. #e0d67a
  4. #d4cc7b
  5. #c8c17c
  6. #bcb67d
  7. #b0ab7d
  8. #a4a07e
  9. #98967f
  10. #8c8b7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efeac6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fee56e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffec7e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fbe873 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #feec7c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f8ec79 {
  color: #f8ec79;
}
Background
.bg-f8ec79 {
  background-color: #f8ec79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f8ec79 {
  border: 2px solid #f8ec79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f8ec79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 248 236 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 90% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f8ec79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8ec79, #c4f879);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f8ec79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(248 236 121 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.74 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.33 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.61 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.84 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.89 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.08 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.23 #071386 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Khaki
#f8ec79  rgb(248, 236, 121)  hsl(54, 90%, 72%)  Khaki
#7985f8  rgb(121, 133, 248)  hsl(234, 90%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#79f8ec  rgb(121, 248, 236)  hsl(174, 90%, 72%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec79f8  rgb(236, 121, 248)  hsl(294, 90%, 72%)  Fuchsia Pink