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#F9C00A

#f9c00a ≈ Golden Poppy

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f9c00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.65% red, 75.29% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.89% magenta, 95.98% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 45.69°, with 95.22% saturation and 50.78% 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 12.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Poppy (#fcc200), ΔE 0.64.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5786

Complementary

  1. #f9c00a
  2. #0a43f9

Split complementary

  1. #f9c00a
  2. #0abaf9
  3. #480af9

Analogous

  1. #f9480a
  2. #f9c00a
  3. #baf90a

Triadic

  1. #f9c00a
  2. #0af9c0
  3. #c00af9

Tetradic

  1. #f9c00a
  2. #43f90a
  3. #0a43f9
  4. #c00af9

Square

  1. #f9c00a
  2. #0af948
  3. #0a43f9
  4. #f90aba

Monochromatic

  1. #674f03
  2. #b28904
  3. #f9c00a
  4. #fbd355
  5. #fde69f

Shades

#f9c00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f9c00a
  2. #e0ad09
  3. #c79a08
  4. #ae8607
  5. #957306
  6. #7d6005
  7. #644d04
  8. #4b3a03
  9. #322602
  10. #191301
  11. #000000

Tints

#f9c00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f9c00a
  2. #fac623
  3. #facd3b
  4. #fbd354
  5. #fbd96c
  6. #fce085
  7. #fde69d
  8. #fdecb6
  9. #fef2ce
  10. #fef9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f9c00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f9c00a
  2. #edba16
  3. #e1b322
  4. #d5ad2d
  5. #c9a639
  6. #bda045
  7. #b09a51
  8. #a4935d
  9. #988d68
  10. #8c8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ddc59f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dabf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e7ce20 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffada4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7c000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #efc919 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb582 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f9c00a {
  color: #f9c00a;
}
Background
.bg-f9c00a {
  background-color: #f9c00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f9c00a {
  border: 2px solid #f9c00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f9c00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 249 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 95% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f9c00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9c00a, #baf90a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f9c00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(249 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 0.64 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.14 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 1.70 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.46 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.09 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.34 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.77 #063ff5 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Golden Poppy
#f9c00a  rgb(249, 192, 10)  hsl(46, 95%, 51%)  Golden Poppy
#0a43f9  rgb(10, 67, 249)  hsl(226, 95%, 51%)  Majorelle Blue
#0af9c0  rgb(10, 249, 192)  hsl(166, 95%, 51%)  Aquamarine
#c00af9  rgb(192, 10, 249)  hsl(286, 95%, 51%)  Electric Purple