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#F4E083

#f4e083 ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f4e083 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 87.84% green and 51.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.2% magenta, 46.31% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 49.38°, with 83.7% saturation and 73.53% 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 15.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 0.97.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.7418

Complementary

  1. #f4e083
  2. #8397f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e083
  2. #83d0f4
  3. #a883f4

Analogous

  1. #f4a883
  2. #f4e083
  3. #d0f483

Triadic

  1. #f4e083
  2. #83f4e0
  3. #e083f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e083
  2. #97f483
  3. #8397f4
  4. #e083f4

Square

  1. #f4e083
  2. #83f4a8
  3. #8397f4
  4. #f483d0

Monochromatic

  1. #ccab12
  2. #eece3d
  3. #f4e083
  4. #faf2c9
  5. #fdfaec

Shades

#f4e083 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e083
  2. #dcca76
  3. #c3b369
  4. #ab9d5c
  5. #92864f
  6. #7a7042
  7. #625a34
  8. #494327
  9. #312d1a
  10. #18160d
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e083 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e083
  2. #f5e38f
  3. #f6e69c
  4. #f7e9a8
  5. #f8ecb5
  6. #faf0c1
  7. #fbf3cd
  8. #fcf6da
  9. #fdf9e6
  10. #fefcf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e083 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e083
  2. #e8d683
  3. #ddcd82
  4. #d1c382
  5. #c6ba82
  6. #bab082
  7. #aea681
  8. #a39d81
  9. #979381
  10. #8c8a80
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f1dc7b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6e387 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd4ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2dd7e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e285 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fdd9b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e083 {
  color: #f4e083;
}
Background
.bg-f4e083 {
  background-color: #f4e083;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e083 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e083;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e083;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 224 131;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 84% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e083 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e083, #d0f483);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e083 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 224 131 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 0.97 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 1.17 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 1.70 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.95 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 3.75 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.08 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 6.13 #0b1f7c Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Buff
#f4e083  rgb(244, 224, 131)  hsl(49, 84%, 74%)  Buff
#8397f4  rgb(131, 151, 244)  hsl(229, 84%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#83f4e0  rgb(131, 244, 224)  hsl(169, 84%, 74%)  Turquoise Blue
#e083f4  rgb(224, 131, 244)  hsl(289, 84%, 74%)  Violet