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#F4E021

#f4e021 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f4e021 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 87.84% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.2% magenta, 86.48% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 54.31°, with 90.56% saturation and 54.31% 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 15.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.41.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7265

Complementary

  1. #f4e021
  2. #2135f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e021
  2. #219ff4
  3. #7621f4

Analogous

  1. #f47621
  2. #f4e021
  3. #9ff421

Triadic

  1. #f4e021
  2. #21f4e0
  3. #e021f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e021
  2. #35f421
  3. #2135f4
  4. #e021f4

Square

  1. #f4e021
  2. #21f476
  3. #2135f4
  4. #f4219f

Monochromatic

  1. #766b06
  2. #bfae09
  3. #f4e021
  4. #f8ea6a
  5. #fbf4b3

Shades

#f4e021 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e021
  2. #dcca1e
  3. #c3b31a
  4. #ab9d17
  5. #928614
  6. #7a7011
  7. #625a0d
  8. #49430a
  9. #312d07
  10. #181603
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e021 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e021
  2. #f5e337
  3. #f6e64d
  4. #f7e964
  5. #f8ec7a
  6. #faf090
  7. #fbf3a6
  8. #fcf6bc
  9. #fdf9d3
  10. #fefce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e021 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e021
  2. #e8d62b
  3. #ddcd34
  4. #d1c33e
  5. #c6ba47
  6. #bab051
  7. #aea65a
  8. #a39d64
  9. #97936d
  10. #8c8a77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7deb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fce135 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcfc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5dc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f9e12e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd699 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e021 {
  color: #f4e021;
}
Background
.bg-f4e021 {
  background-color: #f4e021;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e021 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e021;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e021;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 224 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 91% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e021 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e021, #9ff421);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e021 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 224 33 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.41 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.60 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.94 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.96 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.36 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.53 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.68 #0b1fde Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Dandelion
#f4e021  rgb(244, 224, 33)  hsl(54, 91%, 54%)  Dandelion
#2135f4  rgb(33, 53, 244)  hsl(234, 91%, 54%)  Han Purple
#21f4e0  rgb(33, 244, 224)  hsl(174, 91%, 54%)  Turquoise Blue
#e021f4  rgb(224, 33, 244)  hsl(294, 91%, 54%)  Fuchsia