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#F4E221

#f4e221 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f4e221 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 88.63% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.38% magenta, 86.48% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 54.88°, 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 15.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.15.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7374

Complementary

  1. #f4e221
  2. #2133f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e221
  2. #219cf4
  3. #7821f4

Analogous

  1. #f47821
  2. #f4e221
  3. #9cf421

Triadic

  1. #f4e221
  2. #21f4e2
  3. #e221f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e221
  2. #33f421
  3. #2133f4
  4. #e221f4

Square

  1. #f4e221
  2. #21f478
  3. #2133f4
  4. #f4219c

Monochromatic

  1. #766d06
  2. #bfb009
  3. #f4e221
  4. #f8ec6a
  5. #fbf5b3

Shades

#f4e221 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e221
  2. #dccb1e
  3. #c3b51a
  4. #ab9e17
  5. #928814
  6. #7a7111
  7. #625a0d
  8. #49440a
  9. #312d07
  10. #181703
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e221 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e221
  2. #f5e537
  3. #f6e84d
  4. #f7eb64
  5. #f8ee7a
  6. #faf190
  7. #fbf3a6
  8. #fcf6bc
  9. #fdf9d3
  10. #fefce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e221 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e221
  2. #e8d82b
  3. #ddce34
  4. #d1c53e
  5. #c6bb47
  6. #bab151
  7. #aea75a
  8. #a39d64
  9. #97946d
  10. #8c8a77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e0b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f8da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde336 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd1c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f6dd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fae22f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd89b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e221 {
  color: #f4e221;
}
Background
.bg-f4e221 {
  background-color: #f4e221;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e221 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e221;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e221;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 226 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 91% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e221 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e221, #9cf421);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e221 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 226 33 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.15 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.39 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.88 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.02 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.08 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.39 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.09 #0b1dde Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Dandelion
#f4e221  rgb(244, 226, 33)  hsl(55, 91%, 54%)  Dandelion
#2133f4  rgb(33, 51, 244)  hsl(235, 91%, 54%)  Han Purple
#21f4e2  rgb(33, 244, 226)  hsl(175, 91%, 54%)  Turquoise Blue
#e221f4  rgb(226, 33, 244)  hsl(295, 91%, 54%)  Fuchsia