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#F4E45E

#f4e45e ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#f4e45e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 89.41% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.56% magenta, 61.48% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 53.6°, with 87.21% saturation and 66.27% 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 16.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 3.55.

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Relative luminance0.7553

Complementary

  1. #f4e45e
  2. #5e6ef4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e45e
  2. #5eb9f4
  3. #995ef4

Analogous

  1. #f4995e
  2. #f4e45e
  3. #b9f45e

Triadic

  1. #f4e45e
  2. #5ef4e4
  3. #e45ef4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e45e
  2. #6ef45e
  3. #5e6ef4
  4. #e45ef4

Square

  1. #f4e45e
  2. #5ef499
  3. #5e6ef4
  4. #f45eb9

Monochromatic

  1. #ad9c0c
  2. #efd816
  3. #f4e45e
  4. #f9f0a6
  5. #fefcec

Shades

#f4e45e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e45e
  2. #dccd55
  3. #c3b64b
  4. #aba042
  5. #928938
  6. #7a722f
  7. #625b26
  8. #49441c
  9. #312e13
  10. #181709
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e45e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e45e
  2. #f5e76e
  3. #f6e97e
  4. #f7ec8e
  5. #f8ef9e
  6. #faf2af
  7. #fbf4bf
  8. #fcf7cf
  9. #fdfadf
  10. #fefcef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e45e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e45e
  2. #e8da61
  3. #ddd065
  4. #d1c668
  5. #c6bc6c
  6. #bab26f
  7. #aea872
  8. #a39e76
  9. #979479
  10. #8c8a7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e2bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7dd4e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fce565 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd5c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f6e055 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f9e462 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdba8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e45e {
  color: #f4e45e;
}
Background
.bg-f4e45e {
  background-color: #f4e45e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e45e {
  border: 2px solid #f4e45e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e45e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 228 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 87% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e45e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e45e, #b9f45e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e45e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 228 94 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.55 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.35 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 4.63 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.68 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.71 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.35 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.37 #0b1ba1 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#f4e45e  rgb(244, 228, 94)  hsl(54, 87%, 66%)  Dandelion
#5e6ef4  rgb(94, 110, 244)  hsl(234, 87%, 66%)  Ultramarine Blue
#5ef4e4  rgb(94, 244, 228)  hsl(174, 87%, 66%)  Turquoise Blue
#e45ef4  rgb(228, 94, 244)  hsl(294, 87%, 66%)  Heliotrope