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#F4E237

#f4e237 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#f4e237 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 88.63% green and 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.38% magenta, 77.46% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 54.29°, with 89.57% saturation and 58.63% 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 15.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 0.83.

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Relative luminance0.739

Complementary

  1. #f4e237
  2. #3749f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e237
  2. #37a7f4
  3. #8437f4

Analogous

  1. #f48437
  2. #f4e237
  3. #a7f437

Triadic

  1. #f4e237
  2. #37f4e2
  3. #e237f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e237
  2. #49f437
  3. #3749f4
  4. #e237f4

Square

  1. #f4e237
  2. #37f484
  3. #3749f4
  4. #f437a7

Monochromatic

  1. #8a7e08
  2. #d3c00c
  3. #f4e237
  4. #f8ed80
  5. #fcf7c8

Shades

#f4e237 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e237
  2. #dccb32
  3. #c3b52c
  4. #ab9e27
  5. #928821
  6. #7a711c
  7. #625a16
  8. #494411
  9. #312d0b
  10. #181706
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e237 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e237
  2. #f5e54b
  3. #f6e85f
  4. #f7eb73
  5. #f8ee87
  6. #faf19b
  7. #fbf3af
  8. #fcf6c3
  9. #fdf9d7
  10. #fefceb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e237 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e237
  2. #e8d83e
  3. #ddce46
  4. #d1c54d
  5. #c6bb54
  6. #bab15c
  7. #aea763
  8. #a39d6a
  9. #979471
  10. #8c8a79
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e0b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7db00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde345 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f6de21 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f9e240 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd89e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e237 {
  color: #f4e237;
}
Background
.bg-f4e237 {
  background-color: #f4e237;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e237 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e237;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e237;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 226 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 90% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e237 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e237, #a7f437);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e237 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 226 55 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 0.83 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.90 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.94 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.53 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.72 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.83 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.17 #0b1dc8 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Dandelion
#f4e237  rgb(244, 226, 55)  hsl(54, 90%, 59%)  Dandelion
#3749f4  rgb(55, 73, 244)  hsl(234, 90%, 59%)  Majorelle Blue
#37f4e2  rgb(55, 244, 226)  hsl(174, 90%, 59%)  Turquoise Blue
#e237f4  rgb(226, 55, 244)  hsl(294, 90%, 59%)  Fuchsia