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#F9EC00

#f9ec00 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f9ec00 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.65% red, 92.55% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.22% magenta, 100% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 56.87°, with 100% saturation and 48.82% 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 17.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.67.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8013

Complementary

  1. #f9ec00
  2. #000df9

Split complementary

  1. #f9ec00
  2. #0089f9
  3. #7000f9

Analogous

  1. #f97000
  2. #f9ec00
  3. #89f900

Triadic

  1. #f9ec00
  2. #00f9ec
  3. #ec00f9

Tetradic

  1. #f9ec00
  2. #0df900
  3. #000df9
  4. #ec00f9

Square

  1. #f9ec00
  2. #00f970
  3. #000df9
  4. #f90089

Monochromatic

  1. #605b00
  2. #aca300
  3. #f9ec00
  4. #fff546
  5. #fff993

Shades

#f9ec00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f9ec00
  2. #e0d400
  3. #c7bd00
  4. #aea500
  5. #958e00
  6. #7d7600
  7. #645e00
  8. #4b4700
  9. #322f00
  10. #191800
  11. #000000

Tints

#f9ec00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f9ec00
  2. #faee1a
  3. #faf033
  4. #fbf24d
  5. #fbf466
  6. #fcf680
  7. #fdf799
  8. #fdf9b3
  9. #fefbcc
  10. #fefde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f9ec00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f9ec00
  2. #ede10d
  3. #e1d61a
  4. #d5cc26
  5. #c9c133
  6. #bdb640
  7. #b0ab4d
  8. #a4a05a
  9. #989666
  10. #8c8b73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe9b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffeb2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fee700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffeb21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe2a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f9ec00 {
  color: #f9ec00;
}
Background
.bg-f9ec00 {
  background-color: #f9ec00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f9ec00 {
  border: 2px solid #f9ec00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f9ec00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 249 236 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f9ec00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9ec00, #89f900);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f9ec00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(249 236 0 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.67 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.01 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.88 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.16 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.40 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.09 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 4.41 #0613ff Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#f9ec00  rgb(249, 236, 0)  hsl(57, 100%, 49%)  Aureolin
#000df9  rgb(0, 13, 249)  hsl(237, 100%, 49%)  Blue
#00f9ec  rgb(0, 249, 236)  hsl(177, 100%, 49%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec00f9  rgb(236, 0, 249)  hsl(297, 100%, 49%)  Fuchsia