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#F5F12E

#f5f12e ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f5f12e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 96.08% red, 94.51% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.63% magenta, 81.22% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 58.79°, with 90.87% saturation and 57.06% 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 17.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 2.35.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8252

Complementary

  1. #f5f12e
  2. #2e32f5

Split complementary

  1. #f5f12e
  2. #2e96f5
  3. #8d2ef5

Analogous

  1. #f58d2e
  2. #f5f12e
  3. #96f52e

Triadic

  1. #f5f12e
  2. #2ef5f1
  3. #f12ef5

Tetradic

  1. #f5f12e
  2. #32f52e
  3. #2e32f5
  4. #f12ef5

Square

  1. #f5f12e
  2. #2ef58d
  3. #2e32f5
  4. #f52e96

Monochromatic

  1. #848106
  2. #cdc90a
  3. #f5f12e
  4. #f8f677
  5. #fcfbc0

Shades

#f5f12e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f5f12e
  2. #ddd929
  3. #c4c125
  4. #aca920
  5. #93911c
  6. #7b7917
  7. #626012
  8. #4a480e
  9. #313009
  10. #191805
  11. #000000

Tints

#f5f12e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f5f12e
  2. #f6f243
  3. #f7f458
  4. #f8f56d
  5. #f9f782
  6. #faf897
  7. #fbf9ab
  8. #fcfbc0
  9. #fdfcd5
  10. #fefeea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f5f12e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f5f12e
  2. #e9e636
  3. #deda3e
  4. #d2cf47
  5. #c6c44f
  6. #bbb957
  7. #afad5f
  8. #a3a267
  9. #979770
  10. #8c8b78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efedbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed41 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe1cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffeb02 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffef3a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe7a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f5f12e {
  color: #f5f12e;
}
Background
.bg-f5f12e {
  background-color: #f5f12e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f5f12e {
  border: 2px solid #f5f12e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f5f12e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 245 241 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 91% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f5f12e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f5f12e, #96f52e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f5f12e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(245 241 46 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.35 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.36 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.57 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.86 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 2.89 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.07 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.25 #0a0ed1 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#f5f12e  rgb(245, 241, 46)  hsl(59, 91%, 57%)  Cadmium Yellow
#2e32f5  rgb(46, 50, 245)  hsl(239, 91%, 57%)  Han Purple
#2ef5f1  rgb(46, 245, 241)  hsl(179, 91%, 57%)  Aqua
#f12ef5  rgb(241, 46, 245)  hsl(299, 91%, 57%)  Fuchsia