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#F4E550

#f4e550 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#f4e550 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 89.8% green and 31.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.15% magenta, 67.21% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 54.51°, with 88.17% saturation and 63.53% 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 16.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 2.24.

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Relative luminance0.7585

Complementary

  1. #f4e550
  2. #505ff4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e550
  2. #50b1f4
  3. #9350f4

Analogous

  1. #f49350
  2. #f4e550
  3. #b1f450

Triadic

  1. #f4e550
  2. #50f4e5
  3. #e550f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e550
  2. #5ff450
  3. #505ff4
  4. #e550f4

Square

  1. #f4e550
  2. #50f493
  3. #505ff4
  4. #f450b1

Monochromatic

  1. #a1930a
  2. #e9d50f
  3. #f4e550
  4. #f9f098
  5. #fdfae0

Shades

#f4e550 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e550
  2. #dcce48
  3. #c3b740
  4. #aba038
  5. #928930
  6. #7a7328
  7. #625c20
  8. #494518
  9. #312e10
  10. #181708
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e550 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e550
  2. #f5e862
  3. #f6ea73
  4. #f7ed85
  5. #f8ef96
  6. #faf2a8
  7. #fbf5b9
  8. #fcf7cb
  9. #fdfadc
  10. #fefcee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e550 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e550
  2. #e8db55
  3. #ddd15a
  4. #d1c75e
  5. #c6bd63
  6. #bab368
  7. #aea86d
  8. #a39e72
  9. #979476
  10. #8c8a7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e3b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9de3b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee559 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd6c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7e144 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fae556 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdca5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e550 {
  color: #f4e550;
}
Background
.bg-f4e550 {
  background-color: #f4e550;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e550 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e550;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e550;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 229 80;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 88% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e550 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e550, #b1f450);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e550 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 229 80 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.24 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.96 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.11 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.19 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.62 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.79 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.36 #0b1aaf Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#f4e550  rgb(244, 229, 80)  hsl(55, 88%, 64%)  Dandelion
#505ff4  rgb(80, 95, 244)  hsl(235, 88%, 64%)  Ultramarine Blue
#50f4e5  rgb(80, 244, 229)  hsl(175, 88%, 64%)  Turquoise Blue
#e550f4  rgb(229, 80, 244)  hsl(295, 88%, 64%)  Fuchsia