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#F4F021

#f4f021 ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f4f021 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 94.12% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.64% magenta, 86.48% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 58.86°, with 90.56% saturation and 54.31% 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 17.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 2.15.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8166

Complementary

  1. #f4f021
  2. #2125f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4f021
  2. #218ef4
  3. #8621f4

Analogous

  1. #f48621
  2. #f4f021
  3. #8ef421

Triadic

  1. #f4f021
  2. #21f4f0
  3. #f021f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4f021
  2. #25f421
  3. #2125f4
  4. #f021f4

Square

  1. #f4f021
  2. #21f486
  3. #2125f4
  4. #f4218e

Monochromatic

  1. #767406
  2. #bfbc09
  3. #f4f021
  4. #f8f56a
  5. #fbfab3

Shades

#f4f021 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4f021
  2. #dcd81e
  3. #c3c01a
  4. #aba817
  5. #929014
  6. #7a7811
  7. #62600d
  8. #49480a
  9. #313007
  10. #181803
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4f021 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4f021
  2. #f5f237
  3. #f6f34d
  4. #f7f564
  5. #f8f67a
  6. #faf890
  7. #fbf9a6
  8. #fcfbbc
  9. #fdfcd3
  10. #fefee9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4f021 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4f021
  2. #e8e52b
  3. #ddda34
  4. #d1ce3e
  5. #c6c347
  6. #bab851
  7. #aead5a
  8. #a3a264
  9. #97966d
  10. #8c8b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eeecbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffec39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe0cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #feea00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe6a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4f021 {
  color: #f4f021;
}
Background
.bg-f4f021 {
  background-color: #f4f021;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4f021 {
  border: 2px solid #f4f021;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4f021;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 240 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 91% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4f021 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4f021, #8ef421);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4f021 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 240 33 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.15 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.17 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.23 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.60 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.83 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 3.06 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 3.28 #0b0fde Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#f4f021  rgb(244, 240, 33)  hsl(59, 91%, 54%)  Cadmium Yellow
#2125f4  rgb(33, 37, 244)  hsl(239, 91%, 54%)  Blue
#21f4f0  rgb(33, 244, 240)  hsl(179, 91%, 54%)  Aqua
#f021f4  rgb(240, 33, 244)  hsl(299, 91%, 54%)  Fuchsia