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#F4E438

#f4e438 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#f4e438 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 89.41% green and 21.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.56% magenta, 77.05% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 54.89°, with 89.52% saturation and 58.82% 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 16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 0.78.

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Relative luminance0.7501

Complementary

  1. #f4e438
  2. #3848f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e438
  2. #38a6f4
  3. #8638f4

Analogous

  1. #f48638
  2. #f4e438
  3. #a6f438

Triadic

  1. #f4e438
  2. #38f4e4
  3. #e438f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e438
  2. #48f438
  3. #3848f4
  4. #e438f4

Square

  1. #f4e438
  2. #38f486
  3. #3848f4
  4. #f438a6

Monochromatic

  1. #8b8008
  2. #d4c30c
  3. #f4e438
  4. #f8ee80
  5. #fcf8c9

Shades

#f4e438 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e438
  2. #dccd32
  3. #c3b62d
  4. #aba027
  5. #928922
  6. #7a721c
  7. #625b16
  8. #494411
  9. #312e0b
  10. #181706
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e438 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e438
  2. #f5e74c
  3. #f6e960
  4. #f7ec74
  5. #f8ef88
  6. #faf29c
  7. #fbf4af
  8. #fcf7c3
  9. #fdfad7
  10. #fefceb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e438 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e438
  2. #e8da3f
  3. #ddd046
  4. #d1c64e
  5. #c6bc55
  6. #bab25c
  7. #aea863
  8. #a39e6a
  9. #979472
  10. #8c8a79
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e2b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9dc03 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee446 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd4c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7df22 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fae441 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffda9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e438 {
  color: #f4e438;
}
Background
.bg-f4e438 {
  background-color: #f4e438;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e438 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e438;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e438;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 228 56;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 90% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e438 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e438, #a6f438);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e438 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 228 56 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 0.78 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.55 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.21 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.37 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.42 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.26 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.61 #0b1bc7 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#f4e438  rgb(244, 228, 56)  hsl(55, 90%, 59%)  Dandelion
#3848f4  rgb(56, 72, 244)  hsl(235, 90%, 59%)  Majorelle Blue
#38f4e4  rgb(56, 244, 228)  hsl(175, 90%, 59%)  Turquoise Blue
#e438f4  rgb(228, 56, 244)  hsl(295, 90%, 59%)  Fuchsia