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#F4E879

#f4e879 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f4e879 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 90.98% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.92% magenta, 50.41% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 54.15°, with 84.83% saturation and 71.57% 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 16.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.09.

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Relative luminance0.7833

Complementary

  1. #f4e879
  2. #7985f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e879
  2. #79c2f4
  3. #ab79f4

Analogous

  1. #f4ab79
  2. #f4e879
  3. #c2f479

Triadic

  1. #f4e879
  2. #79f4e8
  3. #e879f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e879
  2. #85f479
  3. #7985f4
  4. #e879f4

Square

  1. #f4e879
  2. #79f4ab
  3. #7985f4
  4. #f479c2

Monochromatic

  1. #c4b210
  2. #eedc32
  3. #f4e879
  4. #faf4c0
  5. #fdfcec

Shades

#f4e879 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e879
  2. #dcd16d
  3. #c3ba61
  4. #aba255
  5. #928b49
  6. #7a743d
  7. #625d30
  8. #494624
  9. #312e18
  10. #18170c
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e879 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e879
  2. #f5ea86
  3. #f6ed94
  4. #f7efa1
  5. #f8f1af
  6. #faf4bc
  7. #fbf6c9
  8. #fcf8d7
  9. #fdfae4
  10. #fefdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e879 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e879
  2. #e8de7a
  3. #ddd37a
  4. #d1c97b
  5. #c6be7c
  6. #bab47d
  7. #aeaa7d
  8. #a39f7e
  9. #97957f
  10. #8c8a7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ebe6c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9e26f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde87e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7e473 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fae87c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fde0b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e879 {
  color: #f4e879;
}
Background
.bg-f4e879 {
  background-color: #f4e879;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e879 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e879;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e879;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 232 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 85% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e879 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e879, #c2f479);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e879 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 232 121 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.09 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 3.41 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.06 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.29 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 4.67 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.27 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.39 #0b1786 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Khaki
#f4e879  rgb(244, 232, 121)  hsl(54, 85%, 72%)  Khaki
#7985f4  rgb(121, 133, 244)  hsl(234, 85%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#79f4e8  rgb(121, 244, 232)  hsl(174, 85%, 72%)  Turquoise Blue
#e879f4  rgb(232, 121, 244)  hsl(294, 85%, 72%)  Violet