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#F4E8A9

#f4e8a9 ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f4e8a9 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 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.92% magenta, 30.74% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 50.4°, with 77.32% saturation and 80.98% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 1.36.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.7981

Complementary

  1. #f4e8a9
  2. #a9b5f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e8a9
  2. #a9daf4
  3. #c2a9f4

Analogous

  1. #f4c2a9
  2. #f4e8a9
  3. #daf4a9

Triadic

  1. #f4e8a9
  2. #a9f4e8
  3. #e8a9f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e8a9
  2. #b5f4a9
  3. #a9b5f4
  4. #e8a9f4

Square

  1. #f4e8a9
  2. #a9f4c2
  3. #a9b5f4
  4. #f4a9da

Monochromatic

  1. #e3c421
  2. #ebd665
  3. #f4e8a9
  4. #fdfaed
  5. #fdfaed

Shades

#f4e8a9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e8a9
  2. #dcd198
  3. #c3ba87
  4. #aba276
  5. #928b65
  6. #7a7455
  7. #625d44
  8. #494633
  9. #312e22
  10. #181711
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e8a9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e8a9
  2. #f5eab2
  3. #f6edba
  4. #f7efc3
  5. #f8f1cb
  6. #faf4d4
  7. #fbf6dd
  8. #fcf8e5
  9. #fdfaee
  10. #fefdf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e8a9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e8a9
  2. #e8dea5
  3. #ddd3a1
  4. #d1c99d
  5. #c6be99
  6. #bab495
  7. #aeaa90
  8. #a39f8c
  9. #979588
  10. #8c8a84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ece7d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4e4a5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f8e9ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfd7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4e6a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6e9aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbe3c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e8a9 {
  color: #f4e8a9;
}
Background
.bg-f4e8a9 {
  background-color: #f4e8a9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e8a9 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e8a9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e8a9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 232 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 77% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e8a9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e8a9, #daf4a9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e8a9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 232 169 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 1.36 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 1.82 #faf0be Blond ΔE 3.42 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.97 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.76 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.87 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.89 #0b1756 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Vanilla
#f4e8a9  rgb(244, 232, 169)  hsl(50, 77%, 81%)  Vanilla
#a9b5f4  rgb(169, 181, 244)  hsl(230, 77%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a9f4e8  rgb(169, 244, 232)  hsl(170, 77%, 81%)  Pale Turquoise
#e8a9f4  rgb(232, 169, 244)  hsl(290, 77%, 81%)  Mauve